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Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps.

For an independent browser like Firefox, managing two browsers is not easy, so it can be forgiven that this could be seen as almost harassment.

Also, the fact that the use of browser engines other than WebKit is limited to iOS means that the use of WebKit is still forced on iPadOS, which also increases the effort for Mozilla.

Source: https://iphonewired.com/news/746093/

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[–] jaybone 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Such a weird take.

Also this has nothing to do with programmers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just saying their OS sucks, bad designs, buggy UIs, etc. They don't even decent software, and I already saw many stupid bugs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Android was a victim of the NSO's Pegasus because of WhatsApp, and possibly that only worked because Facebook negotiated with phone manufacturers to bundle dodgy pre-installed system apps outside the Google Play Store.

Apple's iOS was a victim of the NSO's Pegasus because of iMessages.

For me, that's enough to completely steer clear of iOS altogether. I mean, the lack of customisation and control over my device was already enough, but that kind of vindicated it for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, my Android doesn't have WhatsApp, I neither have Google apps. It's a degoogled OS. I feel free and things works, even my default web browser on my Android has NoScript (JavaScript blocker), to make it safer. With Apple... you are sold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ditto! No Google needed, and Facebook apps are prohibited on my phone. I can even get banking apps working with a bit of Magisk, working in Zygisk domain with a deny list hiding it from the apps. Apparently proper SafetyNet checks aren't that common anymore.

For browsers, I'd recommend Mull and Mulch. Mull is a privacy fork of Firefox, Mulch is a hardened version of Android System Webview (the backend browser that lots of apps use). Both come pre-installed with DivestOS.