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From the article:
More competition would be great for the iOS browser space, but the reality is that competition will mostly be from the other big “gatekeeper” in the room: Google. Chrome is the project with the resources and reach to better compete with Safari, and working its way into iOS will bring the web close to a Chrome monoculture. Google’s browser may have better support for certain web features, but it will also come with a built-in tracking system that spies on users and serves up their interests to advertisers. Safari has a much better privacy story.
It’s borderline journalistic malpractice to conspicuously ignore the fact that Firefox is way better for privacy than either of them.
The sad truth is that Firefox is on life support. Whether we like it or not it is not a player in this game.
Well I guess that depends very much on what you mean by being on life support. Like financially speaking? Oh yeah, they are more or less entirely dependent on Google. Regarding user numbers? Sure, Statcounter says 3.3% currently. Technologically speaking? Not really, quite the opposite actually. Besides Apples WebKit and Googles fork of it called Blink there is but one game in browser engine town, and its name is Gecko.
Who gives a fuck about Google? They pull the same shit whenever they get the chance.
Except they actually don’t in this case. You’re free to release a browser with any engine you choose on Android and distribute it through the Play Store.
They literally don’t though. They don’t try to police sideloaded apps or georestrict other browsers
They don’t police sideloading?
My takeaway from that article is they don’t, and haven’t.
The splash screen for installing a package not from the play store is there to protect the end user. Without it there would probably be a much worse unwanted software issue on android.
I’ve been “side loading” or just “installing” applications on my android devices since the nexus one, without the help of the play store.
That’s not what the lawsuit is about. Google made backdoor deals to pay developers to release on the play store instead of their own 3rd party app store. They were found at fault for anti-competitive behavior.
That’s a pot calling a kettle black. Epic is doing the same thing with there store.
Yet another reason apple is dogshit. They’re not content to have a limited number of such reasons
