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Apple is finally allowing Firefox to use its own engine on the iPhone (but only in the EU)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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That way Firefox has to submit a different app for Europe, splitting its userbase and making it more complicated for developers. They are pulling every trick they can...
True, but Firefox has a loyal fanbase.
I remember the day Firefox came out... It will always hold a special place in my heart.
I remember Phoenix.
If this was worldwide it would be the same amount QA work. The new rendering engine is the only thing worth paying attention to.
Almost no one is going to spend time QAing non-European Firefox. Outside of Europe it is basically just a glorified Safari WebView.
Crapple at it again
I think it will be an interesting experiment to see the impact of allowing other rendering engines. If the sky doesn’t fall, Apple doesn’t have a lot to argue with.
Safari will still have more than 90% of the market share in iOS. Most Apple users don't care or are fully unaware of this.
Google will shove Chrome ads everywhere and get some users.
True. But that’s irrelevant to my curiosity.
Most iPhone users use Chrome even tough it's just Safari but from Google. Google will just update the EU version to use Chromium and the in users will notice nothing.
Most iPhone users definitely don't use chrome
I’m crossing my fingers that there’s a way around this in non EU regions. Maybe there’ll be a simple exploit.
Have you considered moving to an EU member state? 😉