alt Hacker NewsApple is the only ones holding anything back on iOS. They forbid any browser except Safari. At least if they let Google Chrome or any other browser maker use their own browser engine, iOS could have a capable browser installed. It is one reason among many Apple is being sued by the DOJ, but so far no progress forcing them to allow other browser engines like they did in the EU.
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I’m typing this in Vivaldi on my iPhone 11 in the UK.
I acknowledge my privilege.
People can hardly wait to get ChromeOS Platform it seems.
IMO if they had allowed Firefox onto the App Store (Mozilla have had working ports more than once AFAIK) it might have helped it hold onto market share - I think Apple is partly responsible for the Chrome monoculture.
Yet another step towards a total Google monopoly, yay!
I can’t wait for websites to tell me I need to install Chrome on my phone.