• No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Oh true competition. Nice.

    It would be amazing knowing if as a tourist one can have access to a different browser in iPhone or sideload crazy apps that block ads without questioning.

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      3 months ago

      If it’s anything like the EU setup, it’s based off of where your iCloud account is based out of. At least I think that was what it was last time I went looking.

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        3 months ago

        I wouldn’t call them different browsers, more like skins or “chrome”. All iOS browsers are built on Apple WebKit. This essentially makes all of them reskinned versions of Safari.

        Sure they may have some clever UI, accessibility, or platform specific functionality. But they are nothing like any of those browsers on other operating systems.

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        3 months ago

        They still all use the safari engine though, unless something has changed and I missed it.

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          3 months ago

          No, and it’s annoying because Safari’s extensions I’ll let you install ad blockers, but they won’t work on Firefox even though it’s still Safari