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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

IDK if Firefox is better or worse to use, I just know I don't want to use a Google browser. So I use Firefox, like on my desktop.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Firefox, which has most of the desktop extensions also working on mobile.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is on Apple, unfortunately. Every browser on the App Store is a safari engine with whatever browsers skin on top, essentially.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I thought they lost the court battle about that and were told that they had to actually allow other engines, but I haven't heard anything else since then.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe that apple restricted other browser makers to using safari mobile as a base. Not sure if that's true/changed, but I'm too lazy to look it up. So maybe take that with a helping of salt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is true in America. In the EU, Apple was recently forced to allow third-party browsers. But even in the EU, developing those third-party browsers will take time and money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! I knew about the EU rule, and I'd heard they're basically maliciously complying?

Also, off topic, funny that you replied to this at probably the exact same time I was reading one of your comments in a different thread. Was a really well thought out comment, and I appreciated your take. 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Hah yeah, Lemmy is a much smaller community than Reddit. I have started tagging users, and it’s surprising how often I see the same tags in the comments sections.

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

It's kinda nice, we're big enough to have a fair amount of content, but small enough that it still kinda feels like a community.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Cool, rare instance of my memory not being completely shot 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Orion browser on IOS is compatible with firefox AND chrome extensions