Orion has gotten around that, somehow. Not sure what kind of wizardry they’ve pulled, but they managed to get both Firefox and Chrome extensions working on iOS.
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
its just that Apple forces Webkit to all Apps on the app store.
Orion has gotten around that, somehow. Not sure what kind of wizardry they’ve pulled, but they managed to get both Firefox and Chrome extensions working on iOS.
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 argument seems flimsy when I can still download Trash Match Casino Deluxe: Extra Ads Edition from the app store.
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.