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Legit the only reason I don't use iPhone is due to being forced to use Safari (or Safari rendering engine wrapped)

skavi 5y ago
Safari on iPhone is by far the fastest mobile browsing experience you can get. Are there extensions or web features you need that Safari doesn’t have?
- neuronic 5y ago
  Personally I don't use Safari because among my Apple devices there is also a Windows desktop unit and I do enjoy myself browser sync across devices. So Firefox it is... Otherwise I would have switched to Safari when extensions finally became a thing.
- agust 5y ago
  Not sure about the fastest, but definitely the most buggy web experience you can get, unfortunately.
- strix_varius 5y ago
  It's hard to take this comment in good faith given the state of Safari and Apple's monopolistic policies around Webkit on iOS, but: https://open-web-advocacy.org/files/OWA%20-%20Bringing%20Competition%20to%20Walled%20Gardens%20-%20v1.0.pdf https://open-web-advocacy.org/files/OWA%20-%20Bringing%20Com...
- avazhi 5y ago
  Safari on my iPhone is basically unusable. Refreshes the page constantly; swipe back a page and it refreshes; scroll down long enough and it refreshes. Then there's Reddit - crashes constantly, literally will not load comments. It does this with and without extensions.
  - mushyhammer 5y ago
    Sounds like you’re on an old phone? I did have RAM issues on the 11 Pro that unloaded every app as soon as I opened the camera, but otherwise tabs did not unload that often. Reddit is its shitshow and I ended up installing Apollo. This is not Safari’s fault.
    - avazhi 5y ago
      iphone12 mini
zild3d 5y ago
can't you set a default browser to something else?
- stack_framer 5y ago
  They are referring to the fact that Apple requires all browsers on iOS to use WebKit instead of their own rendering engine. So if you're using Chrome or Firefox on iOS, the rendering is not handled by Blink or Gecko, respectively, it's handled by WebKit.

Safari on iPhone is by far the fastest mobile browsing experience you can get. Are there extensions or web features you need that Safari doesn’t have?

neuronic 5y ago
Personally I don't use Safari because among my Apple devices there is also a Windows desktop unit and I do enjoy myself browser sync across devices. So Firefox it is... Otherwise I would have switched to Safari when extensions finally became a thing.
agust 5y ago
Not sure about the fastest, but definitely the most buggy web experience you can get, unfortunately.
strix_varius 5y ago
It's hard to take this comment in good faith given the state of Safari and Apple's monopolistic policies around Webkit on iOS, but: https://open-web-advocacy.org/files/OWA%20-%20Bringing%20Competition%20to%20Walled%20Gardens%20-%20v1.0.pdf https://open-web-advocacy.org/files/OWA%20-%20Bringing%20Com...
avazhi 5y ago
Safari on my iPhone is basically unusable. Refreshes the page constantly; swipe back a page and it refreshes; scroll down long enough and it refreshes. Then there's Reddit - crashes constantly, literally will not load comments. It does this with and without extensions.
- mushyhammer 5y ago
  Sounds like you’re on an old phone? I did have RAM issues on the 11 Pro that unloaded every app as soon as I opened the camera, but otherwise tabs did not unload that often. Reddit is its shitshow and I ended up installing Apollo. This is not Safari’s fault.
  - avazhi 5y ago
    iphone12 mini

zild3d 5y ago

can't you set a default browser to something else?

stack_framer 5y ago
They are referring to the fact that Apple requires all browsers on iOS to use WebKit instead of their own rendering engine. So if you're using Chrome or Firefox on iOS, the rendering is not handled by Blink or Gecko, respectively, it's handled by WebKit.