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Google Working on Browser for iOS That Would Break Apple's App Store Rules
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You know that if Google can have their own browser for iOS, they will totally own the browser market! iOS has been the only factor of holding back against Chrome going 80%+. For those of us that remember what Microsoft did when they owned the browser market, this is a scary thing and I don't trust any company to own the whole market.
Allowing non WebKit browsers on iOS will be the best addition in years, looking forward to it.
We despretaly need the EU and US to force Apple to accept other browser engines on iOS and iPadOS. The only reason that the iPad is still crippled and unable to become a desktop replacement is because Safari is the only browser of choice. It's unstable, buggy and web apps are a lot less responsive than Chrome on desktop. Developers simply don't optimize their sites for Safari. Animations in sites like reddit.com and youtube.com are very low fps.
Imagine if we finally get the real Chrome browser on the iPad. We can then get native performance of the Google web apps. The current Drive, Docs, Sheets apps on iPadOS are a disgrace. I have watched a lot of unboxing videos of MacBooks by regular consumers and the vast majority of the time the first thing they do is download Chrome. Google has clearly won the browser war and has the best product but Apple's competitive practices are crippling competition and their own products in the process.
Imagine if we finally get the real Chrome browser on the iPad. We can then get native performance of the Google web apps. The current Drive, Docs, Sheets apps on iPadOS are a disgrace. I have watched a lot of unboxing videos of MacBooks by regular consumers and the vast majority of the time the first thing they do is download Chrome. Google has clearly won the browser war and has the best product but Apple's competitive practices are crippling competition and their own products in the process.
I would like to remind you '90 with domination of the IE... at the beginning it was indeed somewhat better than the rest, but then thanks to embedding in windows it got market dominance and everyone basically i my tested in IE which ten t became to stagnante... it was BAD.
unfortunately US, capitalist mentality if "free market" diest/doesn't always work...
iOS is going to be the Wild West in a few years.
Chrome is slowly, but constantly losing market share to Microsoft's Edge, and to lesser extent Brave. It's not the only chromium browser.
And Firefox would benefit a lot from this change, because no one uses it except for it's exclusive privacy and add-ons features, which are all gimped on iOS (unlike you typical chrome normie, who only cares about history/bookmarks/password sync).
Have you tried Android? There's no extensions available on Chrome and most others have a limited selection. I actually think Apple's Safari extensions are the best of the lot.
Exactly what I was thinking. What exactly is the problem with Safari on iOS that might magically be fixed by using something else?
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So basically it’s going to be Google on Steroids. I wonder if it’s going to overheat the iOS devices. 🤨
the grass is not always greener on the other side, google will slurp all that data they could not access they are not doing this for free, they also don't care about optimizing it.
But that's the whole point behind this idea which I welcome. Currently Apple dominates with its browser using its webkit. Even if we have a choice of webkit builds, my default browser on my Macs is still Safari. The issue becomes when Apple no longer supports the hardware and hence Safari and on web browsers that use Apple's webkit start breaking.
Doesn't that have something to do with Apple blocking the uBlock app?
If people are willing to pay what Apple is asking then they are not overpriced. And from how successful Apple is I would say plenty of people are buying.
seems there is an easy fix.
Sell jailbroken iPhones.
Load what crapola you wish, but leave Apple's Walled Garden alone.
You want scams, worms, hackers? Go right ahead.
Just leave me alone.
Sell jailbroken iPhones.
Load what crapola you wish, but leave Apple's Walled Garden alone.
You want scams, worms, hackers? Go right ahead.
Just leave me alone.
To protect the App Store, it helps them keep a rein on what is able to run in the browser.
If people are able to run games etc in the browser there is no need to be in the App Store and no cut for Apple.
No Google apps will ever be on my devices.
They can access it. Apple sells them all the default search, spotlight and siri data
No thanks. Chrome is enough of a **** show. I hate hate hate that I have to use it for work. For a company that does leetcode interviews it's amazing they can't have a single dev fix Chromes inability to update stored passwords as soon as they change.
I never use Chrome or any Google product unless I absolutely have to*. I use Safari on my Macs as well as my iPhone/iPad. When I have to use a browser other than Safari on a Mac because something did not work (happens from time to time), Chrome is my absolute last choice. It is not even installed on my personal Mac but I have it on my work Mac.
* YouTube is the exception, which I use signed out and often from a private safari window.
* YouTube is the exception, which I use signed out and often from a private safari window.
This headline is a bit misleading. It should more likely read "Google preparing iOS browser in anticipation of App Store browser engine rule changes" or something along those lines. I hope Firefox is doing the exact same thing.