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Horrible! At least Apple doesn't force Safari on iOS users.
by fortran77 3y ago
Horrible! At least Apple doesn't force Safari on iOS users.
- freeAgent 3y agoThey force the engine, which is bad, but much less bad (IMO, at least) than forcing a full-blown browser full of insanely privacy-invasive defaults on users.
- voxelghost 3y agoAnd they only force the engine on iOS, not Mac OS, as far as I know.
- freeAgent 3y agoYes, on MacOS you can use whatever browser you like, engine and all, while being unmolested for favoring something not-Safari. That’s why, after a lifetime of being a Windows user, my most recent PC purchase was a MacBook Air. I would prefer to use Linux, but where I’m at in my life, I just want something that works relatively well out of the box, and I use some software that won’t run on Linux.
- kbrosnan 3y agoThere are still ads for Safari if you use something else. MacOS will pop up a notification recommending Safari for battery savings.
- freeAgent 3y agoYeah, they do ask you to stay, but compared to what MS does, it’s nothing. They could be better, of course, but they aren’t in the same league with MS/Edge nags and abuse.
- koito17 3y agoThey indeed don't; they force browsers to use the WebKit engine instead. And comparing iOS to Windows is a bit unfair: one is a mobile operating system whereas another is a desktop operating system. You should compare what Windows forces on its users with what Mac OS forces on its users. With that said, Mac OS isn't entirely innocent either, such as giving users a "Try The New Safari" notification when they run a non-Safari web browser on their machine.[1] [1] https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/TRYTHENEWSAFARI.html https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/TRYTHENEWSAFARI.html
- izacus 3y agoDid you.... forget the /s sign? These days it's hard to figure out whether people are serious or satirizing on this website.