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by rtpg 4864 days ago
In Firefox OS, the browser is the OS. It'd be like saying you can't replace Dalvik in Android.

It's not about replacing the browser, it's about being able to replace things that you should be able to. There is no good technical reason to not let people replace Safari on iOS.
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pohl 4863 days ago
Not so sure about your last sentence. Can a replacement browser be any good without using JIT compilation somewhere? Is the sandbox going to allow it to jump into dynamically generated data? Are there any valid technical reasons for having sand-boxing in the first place?

(I'm guessing "probably not", "no", and "yes".)

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