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The reason for Apple to lock the web browser engine is simple: it prevents you to turn an iphone into your bare platform, as much as you turned AT&T into a bare
by barronli 10y ago
The reason for Apple to lock the web browser engine is simple: it prevents you to turn an iphone into your bare platform, as much as you turned AT&T into a bare pipe. They know money comes from services not bare platform.
- foodstances 10y agoHow does Chrome or Firefox running on iOS, using WKWebView for its backend rather than their own rendering engines, in any way turn the iPhone into a "bare platform"? How would users even know or care that these 3rd party browsers are not using their own rendering engine?
- Vinnl 10y agoBecause all websites with cool features like working offline don't have those features on the iPhone. Or at least, I hope this will soon be the case. Sadly, it not working on the iPhone will probably mean it's often not worth investing into at all.