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by bombcar 9 days ago
They finally used some of those trillions to buy one (1) Claude pro subscription.
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lern_too_spel 9 days ago
It's because the EU is forcing competition on them for iOS Safari, and iOS Safari shares code with MacOS Safari. Now they have to at least try to keep up.
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SaltyBackendGuy 9 days ago
I am OOTL - How does the EU force competition in this context?
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fragmede 9 days ago
The EU passed laws to force Apple to allow other browser engines to run. Previously, all iOS browsers were reskinned WebKit by Apple decree.
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ulfw 9 days ago
And is there any other browser engine actually running on iOS anywhere?
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lern_too_spel 3 days ago
There are several under development. Microsoft recently claimed their Blink-based prototype is almost 30% faster than iOS Safari.
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ulfw 7 days ago
Getting downvoted but no answer. So Hackernews
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nwah1 7 days ago
And it wasn't just laziness that made them drag their feet. They actively fear the web as a platform, and very much want everyone to do everything through their app stores, using their own macOS/iOS-exclusive proprietary SDKs... which also means developers themselves needing to acquire a Mac with XCode, and a Developer subscription.
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