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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Of desktop, maybe.

Overall (and like 60% of all browsing is now mobile), no way. Mobile is where alternative browsers really suffer. Firefox actually seems OK for Android but it's not quite as slick on many sites, probably due to them targeting Chrome. Apple force Safari on you so you can't use Firefox at all.

[-] Ebennz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can use Firefox on iphones

Edit: you can, but not really

[-] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On iOS, Apple only allows browsers to use Safari's WebKit. So they all use the same rendering engine, effectively making all iOS browsers Safari clones.

[-] Ebennz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Did not know that. Thanks.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You can pretend that you do. It's almost the same thing, but not quite.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Can you? When did they change that?

I always thought they forced everything to use Safari under the hood.

[-] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Nothing has changed in that respect.

[-] Ebennz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah you're right

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