• phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
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      Apple only allowed browsers on ios to use webkit, so they quite literally were holding back browser development.

      This has only recently been changed, and it appears you can only use an alternate browser engine in the EU, so they are still holding back mobile web browser development for people in most countries.

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      Safari definitely gets more hate than it deserves. I find it to be perfectly acceptable.

      I would prefer more competition though, even though I know today it’ll be a ton of “cram some AI into it” slop.

    • SomethingBlack@lemmy.world
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      I get your point that it’s not specifically Chrome or specifically Safari that are holding other browsers back, but Apple and Google own the vast majority of market share in mobile devices and by extension, browsers used in mobile devices. I think that’s the crux of what the investigation is getting at