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iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones (m.gsmarena.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I don't expect most iPhone users to ever change their default settings, but it's nice that it will be possible in a year.

Who knows, maybe one day you can run actual Firefox on them too? :p

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[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 3 months ago

Is there something I’m missing? I have Firefox on my iPhone, I live in India. Is it not “proper” Firefox or is Firefox now available in US App Store?

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

Any browser on iOS/iPadOS etc. is just a reskin of Safari. It might add new features - VPN, closing-all-tabs-feature, sync - but the underlying browser engine is still webkit, including all its limitations. Those limitations are, for example, limited debugging and no plugin support. Whereas I can install almost all desktop addons on my FF nightly on Android, I can't even have adblock on "Firefox" iOS. And even after Apple opened up the browser stuff, so FF can now be based on gecko, Mozilla would need to create and maintain a whole new App - for the EU, because other countries won't get those possibilities ever.

So FF on my iPad is just a way for me to access website-only stuff. In my Android phone, I also use eg. youtube/piped, deepl, maps in FF. That would be a pain on iOS due to missing Addons.

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 3 months ago

Ah! I never knew that! Thanks for the detailed explanation

[-] NGnius@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

All browsers on iOS are basically reskinned versions of Safari since they all have to use WebKit

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