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No iOS version means a no go for me, since I like to use the same browser for mobile and desktop. There's a guy in their forums saying two years ago that "iPho

• someperson 6y ago
  Globally, Android has 85% market share, with iOS around 15% market share [1]. There are still billions users without smartphones in the world (especially in Africa and India), and most of them will be getting Android devices. [1] https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os
  • marxplank0 6y ago
    >(especially in Africa and India) 77% of Indians use a smartphone, won't say billions
    • jefftk 6y ago
      The claim is that there are billions of users total without smartphones, not billions in each of Africa and India
  • anhner 6y ago
    I see different market share on statcounter[1], but both in their data and the one you provided, iOS usage has grown these past years [1] https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-201701-202012 https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/worldw...
• literallycancer 6y ago
  Apple only allows Safari reskins, doesn't it?
  • MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    Roughly speaking, yes. Alternative browsers for iOS can offer a different UI or a different way of handling bookmarks, but they're always powered by the same rendering engine and JavaScript engine that Safari uses. Apple even seems to forbid extending the capabilities of WebKit and JavaScript Core, presumably you wouldn't be permitted to add support for additional video codecs for instance. [0] The only exception is Opera Mini, which is a frontend for Opera's cloud-based HTML rendering infrastructure, [1] so it doesn't count as a browser under Apple's rules. (Opera Mini for iOS has been discontinued.) [0] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#third-party-software https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#thi... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini