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The problem is not that Apple doesn't care enough about the Web. If they don't want to add features to Webkit, that's fine. The problem is that they prevent ot
by agust 6y ago
The problem is not that Apple doesn't care enough about the Web. If they don't want to add features to Webkit, that's fine.
The problem is that they prevent other browsers to add these features, because they prevent them from using their browser engines. That way, they prevent these browsers to really compete with theirs (Safari). Because if we could run the real Chrome on iOS, with all the APIs it supports, it's obvious everyone would ditch Safari straight away.
And more importantly, that way they prevent Web apps from competing with native apps. Because obviously, who would use a Web app which can't even send push notifications instead of a native app with all the native APIs it has access to?
So the problem is not Apple not caring enough about the Web. The problem is Apple having anti-competitive behaviour regarding Web browsers and application platforms on iOS.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoIt's true that Apple outright bans apps that themselves could be vectors for platforms such as Flash back in its day. Today's "browsers" with their ever-increasing scope surely fit that criterion. I'm not defending Apple, but the idea that the web is an "open" platform (when it's overwhelmingly just Chrome) should not be used as an argument here, when Google employs just other anti-competitive tactics.
- radicalbyte 6y agoIt's not just not caring about the web - they have a very strong financial incentive to kill the web as a viable platform for applications, games etc.
- dmitriid 6y ago> Because if we could run the real Chrome on iOS You'd be running features that both Mozilla and Safari consider harmful and will not implement.
- agust 6y agoWell, that would be my problem, as it is when I'm running (the real) Chrome on macOS, Android, Windows or Linux. And if I'm not happy with that, maybe I'll switch to Firefox, which doesn't support them while not holding the Web back on many other features and with many unfixed bugs for years, like Apple does with Safari. That's the advantage of competition, if you're not happy with a product, you can use another one instead.