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I wonder. For phones/tablets, Apple doesn't want anyone using the web for apps, insisting on app store (and fees) for all transactions. If Google came along w
by bbarnett 5y ago
I wonder.
For phones/tablets, Apple doesn't want anyone using the web for apps, insisting on app store (and fees) for all transactions.
If Google came along with a deal to switch to Chrome, would modern, post-Jobs Apple go along?
Unless something had changed, they already accept cash to funnel Safari users to Google by default. And Google apps somewhat compete with Apple products.
So... why not more cash, and make Chrome Safari's guts?
- themacguffinman 5y agoBecause Safari's guts weakens the web as an app platform and strengthens their App Store, a favorable outcome for Apple. Adopting Chrome as the guts of Safari would defeat that benefit, and it'd be pretty hard to regain it. Safari's current "guts" - Webkit - can veto web hardware APIs and slow down broad support for PWA features, things that would help web apps compete with the App Store. Post-Jobs Apple is the company that was willing to replace Google Maps with their own app to gain more independent control from Google, and they were much further behind when they did that. I can't imagine that company ceding influence & control over their largest platform threat by ditching Webkit. That's my 2c of speculation.