Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone
www.theverge.com
The EU browser wars are about to take off in a big way.
  • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It perplexes me that people choose to use a platform which won’t let even let them choose how a browser works.

    • habitualcynic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      For me, iOS works substantially better at my employer. At the end of the day, it’s better for some enterprise integration. I wish it was different, but this is probably true for many. EDIT: I’d choose Android if my employer supported it enough to do my job effectively. :(

      • rowdy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Comment scrubbed. Leaving .world due to corporate-adjacent admins, lack of transparency when making changes, selective rule enforcement and inconsistent rules on piracy.

        • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I straight up don’t talk about Apple or Windows on lemmy, it’s toxic as fuck. Nice chilling effect with downvoting literally anything that’s more positive than “I hate it”

          • rowdy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Comment scrubbed. Leaving .world due to corporate-adjacent admins, lack of transparency when making changes, selective rule enforcement and inconsistent rules on piracy.

      • hperrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Mostly in everything that has to do with PWAs. It’s gotten better since they introduced Web Push last year, but there’s still a lot of things it doesn’t support, like Web Bluetooth, AV1 (except for devices with hardware decoders like the 15th gen Pro iPhones), and things like mobile sensor inputs.

        But also in how bad its rendering engine is. Things that work on every other platform render super weird in WebKit.

        • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Thanks. Do you have an example of the super weird rendering? Also are none of what you’re saying here togglable in the WebKit Feature Flags to mess around with bleeding edge features?

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Every time I want to use a new feature of web browsers, if support stops me from doing so, it’s always safari to blame.

            • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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              10 months ago

              What was that last or current feature you’re missing out on and what’s the use case?

              • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                10 months ago

                I really can’t remember an example off the top of my head. Over the last 5 years it’s probably been an issue more than 20 times.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        If safari was a great browser, I don’t think apple would fear competition to the point of fully banning it wherever possible

        • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I haven’t had problems. I would just like to be educated on what I’m missing out on.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Well web developers are the ones typically suffering since are the ones papering over the mess that is safari

        • the_nightman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Safari is a great browser, especially in terms of performance and energy efficiency. Aside from adblockers what exactly does chrome/ff do better?

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Every other browser except IE has supported web standards more quickly and more fully. Safari is trash.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Other than creating the M1/M2 CPUs, when in the last 20 years haven’t they been? Fuck apple.

      • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        those CPUs just happen to have a huge marketing budget behind and a very loyal fanbase. They aren’t anything revolutionary. Sure, more battery life. In terms of daily usage, the difference with a high end AMD or Intel CPU is unnoticeable other than having a shiny apple on the back of your laptop.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Well I went from an Intel to m1 (work) MacBook and the difference was quite stark. Even at times feels as fast as my home desktop, which is beefy.