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Will this allow Firefox to have extensions now that they’re not limited by WebKit? Or will Apple still axe that as a “third party App Store” or some bullshit?

• mcny 3y ago
  Looks like this is in the EU only --- Requirements To qualify for the entitlement, your app must: Be available on iOS in the European Union only Be a separate binary from any app that uses the system-provided web browser engine Not have the default browser entitlement [...] --- https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Given that Congress is in a stalemate, I don't see this coming to the US anytime soon.
  • olliebrkr 3y ago
    "only", so we'll likely start seeing multiple listings of the same app?
    • saagarjha 3y ago
      Yes.
  • emayljames 3y ago
    Could California not maybe act sooner?
• charcircuit 3y ago
  Orion supports Firefox extensions on iOS while using webkit, so there is an existence proof that it's possible to at least have limited support for them.
  • loadsas 3y ago
    They do. But for example the ublock extensions shows always zero blocked ads. Maybe it's a misconfigurarion on my side? Looking forward to a real firefox on ios.
    • Squarex 3y ago
      no ublock origin is not working (yet?)
  • saagarjha 3y ago
    Orion is almost certainly going to request the entitlement to ship a custom WebKit, in line with what they do on macOS. This might take a while, though.