That’s Apple’s explanation why, but it has flimsy justification. There is no technical reason why Firefox mobile can’t use the Gecko rendering engine on Apple iOS. So, unlike every other graphical OS I’ve ever heard of, you can’t really pick your browser. You can only play dress-up with Safari and pick its outfit.
I’m no apple fan, but I will note that their Tight AF control over the apps nets them a very very small power draw and ram footprint. I don’t think they’re pushing safari because they don’t want you to have a choice, I think it’s control over their own perf that they’re looking for in this case
That’s Apple’s explanation why, but it has flimsy justification. There is no technical reason why Firefox mobile can’t use the Gecko rendering engine on Apple iOS. So, unlike every other graphical OS I’ve ever heard of, you can’t really pick your browser. You can only play dress-up with Safari and pick its outfit.
I’m no apple fan, but I will note that their Tight AF control over the apps nets them a very very small power draw and ram footprint. I don’t think they’re pushing safari because they don’t want you to have a choice, I think it’s control over their own perf that they’re looking for in this case
I doubt it. There’s a lot of money in surveillance capitalism and I don’t buy for a minute that Apple are too good to do that or any stupid excuses.