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I may be mistaken but I recall reading several times that even though you can choose another app as the browser, all those apps are forced to use WebKit as the
by ivegotnoaccount 5y ago
I may be mistaken but I recall reading several times that even though you can choose another app as the browser, all those apps are forced to use WebKit as the engine.
- twobitshifter 5y agoThat’s correct, but the engine restriction doesn’t force people to use Safari and it’s possible to use either Chrome or Firefox front-ends. Apple wants to control the browser engine for a couple reasons: - if you’re charitable: security. - If you’re uncharitable: blocking the ability to undermine the App Store.
- ivegotnoaccount 5y agoI know. I simply wanted to highlight the likely cause for parent's message downvotes, as none of the downvoters did it and things went quite sour in the sibling thread.