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Interesting. From a user experience, Firefox for iPhone has been a really excellent app, it’s been my preferred browser for years.
by jb1991 2y ago
Interesting. From a user experience, Firefox for iPhone has been a really excellent app, it’s been my preferred browser for years.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoEven if it’s basically a skin for Safari?
- fmbb 2y agoIs it? I thought it was basically Firefox with another HTML rendering engine (and I guess javascript runtime).
- immibis 2y agoThose are the main parts of the browser.
- swiftcoder 2y agoThey are large parts of the browser, certainly. But they don't encompass all the fun network, fetch, and caching behaviour entailed in this issue.
- fastily 2y agoNot for long. Apple just started allowing 3rd party browser engines in the EU https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050478/apple-ios-17-4-browser-engines-eu https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050478/apple-ios-17-4-b...
- dspillett 2y agoOnly in the EU because of that ruling. IIRC they are not implementing the requirement elsewhere (though they might eventually if the difference gets sufficient bad press or becomes technically inconvenient).
- jb1991 2y agoI don’t know how they are doing it differently, but it’s definitely a different experience than Safari.
- benoliver999 2y agoYeah I like FF sync to move tabs and send stuff to other devices. I have an android phone, an iPad and a Linux PC.