Currently, anyone can create a new iPhone browser, but with one huge restriction: Apple insists that it uses the same WebKit rendering
engine as Safari.

That effectively means that all iOS browsers are the same under the
hood. This limits the number of new features which can be offered by
competing browsers, and also means it’s impossible to create an iPhone browser which renders pages faster than Safari.

Apple is therefore expected to drop the WebKit requirement sooner
rather than later. In particular, the European Digital Markets Act
looks set to force the hand of the iPhone maker, with reports that
Apple will drop the requirement as part of iOS 17 later this year.

Both Google and Mozilla are now working on new iOS browsers which use
the same rendering engines as their desktop browsers. For Google’s
Chrome, that’s Blink. For Mozilla’s Firefox, it’s Gecko.

Safari developed a reputation for lagging behind Chrome and Firefox.
Apple, however, appears to be aware of the risk posed by regulators and
has added more staff to the WebKit team to close the capabilities gap.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/07/new-iphone-browsers/

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In article <xn0nxukk9a31wep004@reader443.eternal-september.org>,
badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Safari developed a reputation for lagging behind Chrome and Firefox.

in market share it does, but not performance and battery efficiency.

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On 2/8/2023 5:04 AM, badgolferman wrote:

<snip>

Safari developed a reputation for lagging behind Chrome and Firefox.
Apple, however, appears to be aware of the risk posed by regulators and
has added more staff to the WebKit team to close the capabilities gap.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/07/new-iphone-browsers/

Excellent news. Hopefully secure browsers like Tor will now be available
as well.

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“How beautiful it is to stay silent when someone expects you to be enraged.” ― Giada De Laurentiis

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In article <ts0e66$7k5v$2@dont-email.me>, sms
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Hopefully secure browsers like Tor will now be available
as well.

'secure browsers like tor' have been available for many years.

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Am 08.02.23 um 14:14 schrieb nospam:

In article <xn0nxukk9a31wep004@reader443.eternal-september.org>,
badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Safari developed a reputation for lagging behind Chrome and Firefox.

in market share it does, but not performance and battery efficiency.

Guess why.

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Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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On 2/8/23 13:04, badgolferman wrote:

Currently, anyone can create a new iPhone browser, but with one huge restriction: Apple insists that it uses the same WebKit rendering
engine as Safari.

That effectively means that all iOS browsers are the same under the
hood. This limits the number of new features which can be offered by competing browsers, and also means it’s impossible to create an iPhone browser which renders pages faster than Safari.

Apple is therefore expected to drop the WebKit requirement sooner
rather than later. In particular, the European Digital Markets Act
looks set to force the hand of the iPhone maker, with reports that
Apple will drop the requirement as part of iOS 17 later this year.

Both Google and Mozilla are now working on new iOS browsers which use
the same rendering engines as their desktop browsers. For Google’s
Chrome, that’s Blink. For Mozilla’s Firefox, it’s Gecko.

Safari developed a reputation for lagging behind Chrome and Firefox.
Apple, however, appears to be aware of the risk posed by regulators and
has added more staff to the WebKit team to close the capabilities gap.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/07/new-iphone-browsers/

I'm guessing Google and Mozilla are hedging on some possibly antitrust
remedy aimed at Apple. In any case, I would welcome Gecko and Chromium
onto my iPad (probably not the iPhone though - that's a creaky old 7).

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