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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

rgadellaa ("Roderick Gadellaa") wrote:

  1. Safari is the default browser on iOS. Defaults are powerful, especially if..

  2. You couldn't set a different default browser until iOS 14. That's 14 yrs of forcing links to always open in Safari, long enough that people may not even bother to switch browser anymore

  3. The #AppleBrowserBan - browsers on iOS are forced to use Apple's WebKit engine* and can't introduce web features unless Apple implements them

* Yes, all browsers on iOS are pretty much just Safari 📢

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