The consequences of being forced into WebKit WebView on iOS are massive. Every browser there faces a Sophie's Choice: fast JS or no netstack pluggability. They all choose not losing benchmarks by a huge amount. And that's only one in the long line of constraints.
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Alternative browsers on iOS can never *really* be the default. And they can't use their own engines. And they can't use Service Workers, which means no Push Notifications or offline support. And no PWA installability. Etc. etc.
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Apple dramatically under-invests in WebKit, which means that the richest users have the jankiest web, and switching browsers doesn't help. Business decision makers don't think the web can deliver the experiences they want to give users because, on iOS (which they use), it can't.
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The soft bigotry of low expectations ensues. The mobile web can't succeed when Apple is allowed to stack the rules against it.
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Apple undermining the future of the web is a scandal with echoes of FB's IAB shenanigans. The common thread is hiding bad engines behind UI that *suggests* that everything is on the level. It's expectation arbitrage, and the future of web is what's being shorted.
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3 of the 4 Browser you name are not competing on an engine level. And the 4th does have a decreasing user base. Not defending Apples decision (probably more App Store than privacy/security concerns). The issue of the future will likely be somewhere else.
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How is that better? Apple massively under-funds WebKit development, so the consequence of those 3 teams pooling resources (plus MSFT) is that iOS is even *more* of a boat anchor holding back progress.
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@sjvn I don't think I can write about this but someone should. You? -
That is odd. Tell me more. sjvn<at>http://vna1.com
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What?! Seriously?
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In that almost nobody knew? Or that this is the direct consequence of clear Apple App Store policy?
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