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> Regular users really don’t care what browser is running the web pages they’re looking at, everyone who downloads chrome does so to get their synced bookmarks
by addicted 3y ago
> Regular users really don’t care what browser is running the web pages they’re looking at, everyone who downloads chrome does so to get their synced bookmarks and history.
This is ahistorical. Regular users switched to Firefox and Chrome in droves from IE. And it wasn’t to sync their bookmarks. It was because they provided a much better experience.
If Blink or Gecko are able to provide a better experience than WebKit on iOS that would certainly prompt many users to switch to browsers using those engines.
- jahewson 3y agoSeems unlikely given that out in the free world we’ve seen a consolidation around Chromium. The web is mature enough at this point that the choice of browser engine mostly isn’t a differentiating factor.
- pzo 3y agodifferent browser engine can implement API that safari mobile don'w want to implement or are slacking to implement - fullscreen on iPhone - WebBluetooth - WebUSB - WebMIDI - WebSensor - Web Push notifications - that are less limited than in current safari - WASM simd - WASM multithreading - WebGPU This will make PWA apps less crippled.
- kmlx 3y agoi can't wait to see what kind of tracking will be possible with these new technologies :) /s i know these guys https://fingerprint.com https://fingerprint.com use so many of these when fingerprinting.