All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different design

Post by cloudking » Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 10:33 PM UTC

Devasta wrote: post #10

And most browsers on other platforms are just Chrome with different design.

Post by fsflover » Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 10:39 PM UTC

ryleyrandall22 wrote: post #9

If you want to be even more cynical you could say they are all limited versions of Safari. There are valid security concerns for why Apple does this but I would love more choices as a developer.

Post by ceejayoz » Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 10:40 PM UTC

smcleod wrote: post #3

Oh what I’d give for a real Firefox browser on iOS. I see lots of value in preventing chrome based browser from running through as they already dominate and shape the web too much as it is.

Post by t-sauer » Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 10:41 PM UTC

cloudking wrote: post #21

Devasta wrote: post #10

And most browsers on other platforms are just Chrome with different design.

I wouldn't be mad if all browsers were Chromium powered. Then I can stop doing so many browser CSS/JS hacks.

Post by weikju » Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 10:43 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #11

It's kind of funny hearing this from Brave which is Chrome with a different design. I'm guessing Brave, Vivaldi, Edge, Opera GX, Orion, Sigma OS, Arc all consider themselves to have differentiated themselves from Chrome despite being Chrome under the hood. If Webkit === Safari then is Blink === Chrome? Do people actually want alternative browser engines or do folks just want all iOS browsers to be backed by Chromium?