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[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 193 points 6 months ago

That way Firefox has to submit a different app for Europe, splitting its userbase and making it more complicated for developers. They are pulling every trick they can...

[-] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 110 points 6 months ago

True, but Firefox has a loyal fanbase.

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I remember the day Firefox came out... It will always hold a special place in my heart.

[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago

I remember Phoenix.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago

If this was worldwide it would be the same amount QA work. The new rendering engine is the only thing worth paying attention to.

Almost no one is going to spend time QAing non-European Firefox. Outside of Europe it is basically just a glorified Safari WebView.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 months ago

Crapple at it again

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

I think it will be an interesting experiment to see the impact of allowing other rendering engines. If the sky doesn’t fall, Apple doesn’t have a lot to argue with.

[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Safari will still have more than 90% of the market share in iOS. Most Apple users don't care or are fully unaware of this.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Google will shove Chrome ads everywhere and get some users.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

True. But that’s irrelevant to my curiosity.

[-] Octopus1348@lemy.lol -2 points 6 months ago

Most iPhone users use Chrome even tough it's just Safari but from Google. Google will just update the EU version to use Chromium and the in users will notice nothing.

[-] fifisaac@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Most iPhone users definitely don't use chrome

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I’m crossing my fingers that there’s a way around this in non EU regions. Maybe there’ll be a simple exploit.

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Have you considered moving to an EU member state? 😉

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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