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My digging indicates that Apple has 1.65B active devices as of Q1 2021. The vast majority (1B) are iPhone users, and I suspect the vast majority of iOS users us
by arcticbull 5y ago
My digging indicates that Apple has 1.65B active devices as of Q1 2021. The vast majority (1B) are iPhone users, and I suspect the vast majority of iOS users use Safari.
Sounds like Google is getting a pretty good deal.
- znpy 5y agoEvery iPhone user is a safari user AFAIK. AFAIK on iOS you cannot distribute an alternative browser (as in UI, network engine and rendering engine) --- you can only distribute what is essentially a skin over the default browser, Safari.
- twobitshifter 5y agoBut those skinned browsers can have a different default search engine
- HWR_14 5y agoOn iOS you have to use their JS virtual machine and their HTML5 renderer. I think you can write your on UI and possibly network engine (although that might be locked down as well, but you can definitely proxy all the results.
- EE84M3i 5y agoGoogle is not the default search engine in China.