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I think a more justified and nuanced criticism is that Apple is harming the web by tying Safari updates to macOS and iOS updates, which makes the criticism of S
by hnbad 5y ago
I think a more justified and nuanced criticism is that Apple is harming the web by tying Safari updates to macOS and iOS updates, which makes the criticism of Safari being the new IE a lot more justified (now that IE has been replaced by the evergreen cross-platform Edge). Safari might get more frequent and broader updates but that's no use when people are still using older versions of macOS and iOS and might be stuck with it (especially with fresh memory of Apple intentionally slowing down iOS devices to encourage buying new hardware).
- shuckles 5y agoSafari on macOS is supported two major OSes releases back. The latest iOS is supported on iPhones launched in 2015 and later. How many users on older versions of Safari are limited by OS version?
- eyelidlessness 5y agoTo some extent this is a fair criticism, and I certainly wish Safari were less tied to OS releases. That said, iOS users tend to update about as quickly as you could hope for (and update hardware often enough that being left behind is uncommon), and macOS users who lag behind tend to use Chrome anyway.