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> Ugh, I guess that's why the iOS browsers all suck so hard with autocomplete? No. Contrary to popular belief, browsers on iOS aren’t all Safari skins. They al

> Ugh, I guess that's why the iOS browsers all suck so hard with autocomplete? No. Contrary to popular belief, browsers on iOS aren’t all Safari skins. They all use WebKit, but there’s a vast amount of functionality in a web browser that isn’t handled by the rendering engine. This is one example. Non-Safari browsers on iOS are free to use whatever address bar implementation they like. If Firefox on iOS has a crap address bar, that is 100% down to Firefox.

Forgeties79 5y ago
>No. Contrary to popular belief, browsers on iOS aren’t all Safari skins. I know some people hate Apple for both good and bad reasons, but it's pretty wild to me people think Apple does this. I mean right out the gate that would be pretty illegal, no?
- deleted 5y ago
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- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  ...what are you talking about? Every browser you use is forced by App Store policy to run off of the system WebView, which is Safari...other features being part of the browser doesn't change being forced into using that engine.
  - JimDabell 5y ago
    > Every browser you use is forced by App Store policy to run off of the system WebView, which is Safari No. It’s WebKit. Not Safari. That was the whole point of this subthread.
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    What are you talking about lol
- snowwrestler 5y ago
  It would not be illegal. In fact the iPhone launched with only Safari. Because Apple is selling the hardware device, they can decide what software they ship on it. This is not specific to phones, it’s true of all hardware. There’s no feature to load arbitrary browsers onto a PlayStation, for example.
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    I specifically meant letting you download, say, Google Chrome, and it's not actually Chrome but Safari. Unless I'm misunderstanding what that person described, which is totally possible.
  - delecti 5y ago
    > There’s no feature to load arbitrary browsers onto a PlayStation, for example Not anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS
    - semigroupoid 5y ago
      That feature has been dead for over ten years.
black_puppydog 5y ago
right, it's just about the rendering part. so yeah, firefox can do that. I haven't really paid attention to this since I don't personally use apple devices. I'll make sure to pay attention to it though next time I use my girlfiend's ipad. I already installed firefox on there just to have a sane browsing experience, but it wasn't specifically for the autocompletion.

Forgeties79 5y ago

>No. Contrary to popular belief, browsers on iOS aren’t all Safari skins. I know some people hate Apple for both good and bad reasons, but it's pretty wild to me people think Apple does this. I mean right out the gate that would be pretty illegal, no?

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aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
...what are you talking about? Every browser you use is forced by App Store policy to run off of the system WebView, which is Safari...other features being part of the browser doesn't change being forced into using that engine.
- JimDabell 5y ago
  > Every browser you use is forced by App Store policy to run off of the system WebView, which is Safari No. It’s WebKit. Not Safari. That was the whole point of this subthread.
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  What are you talking about lol
snowwrestler 5y ago
It would not be illegal. In fact the iPhone launched with only Safari. Because Apple is selling the hardware device, they can decide what software they ship on it. This is not specific to phones, it’s true of all hardware. There’s no feature to load arbitrary browsers onto a PlayStation, for example.
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  I specifically meant letting you download, say, Google Chrome, and it's not actually Chrome but Safari. Unless I'm misunderstanding what that person described, which is totally possible.
- delecti 5y ago
  > There’s no feature to load arbitrary browsers onto a PlayStation, for example Not anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS
  - semigroupoid 5y ago
    That feature has been dead for over ten years.

black_puppydog 5y ago

right, it's just about the rendering part. so yeah, firefox can do that. I haven't really paid attention to this since I don't personally use apple devices. I'll make sure to pay attention to it though next time I use my girlfiend's ipad. I already installed firefox on there just to have a sane browsing experience, but it wasn't specifically for the autocompletion.