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If WebKit was maintained better than Gecko on Windows, Android and Linux you might have a point. But it's not. The build system is on life-support for non-Darwi
by talldayo 3y ago
If WebKit was maintained better than Gecko on Windows, Android and Linux you might have a point. But it's not. The build system is on life-support for non-Darwin targets and Apple barely even acknowledges it exists outside the context of Safari. Mozilla would end up building a browser from scratch either way, they might as well keep what they have already and not do Apple's dirty work for them.
Again, as a Firefox user I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about. Switching Firefox to WebKit would actually ruin the experience, and force me onto Chrome if I wanted my browser functionality back. Unless you're explicitly trying to harm browser competition, there is ostensibly no benefit to this strategy.
Also, Apple is a prudish partner anyways, and the last company you'd want to trust with ensuring user freedom. Mozilla would sooner leave iOS altogether.