> The one on my system updates pretty frequently, probably more often than WebKit updates on my Mac. Maybe. Your Linux distro of choice is a single data point

> The one on my system updates pretty frequently, probably more often than WebKit updates on my Mac. Maybe. Your Linux distro of choice is a single data point in a sea of headaches. https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-secu... > They’re already doing this for the website. Yes, but the effort testing the app on browser A, on platform X, doesn't directly benefit the testing of the desktop app on platform X. From QA standpoint they are separate entities, and while there will be shared bugs, there will also be unique bugs, which cascades back to development, design, perhaps even business decisions. But with separate browser engines for the desktop app on platforms X, Y, Z you will now have more variance in bugs between these platforms. Whether there's standalone web browsers involved as well is not as huge of a factor - they will have their own share of unique bugs.