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[–] 52 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Acting like Apple didn't do the same thing with khtml to make WebKit.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The inevitable fate of any useful software that's not GPL.

    When will people learn???

    Edit: Ironically, KHTML was originally LGPL. So modifications to KHTML were required to be open source by the license, but Chrome itself isn't required to be open source (at least as far as I understand it, I am not an expert here). Nevertheless, if it were stronger GPL, then it probably wouldn't have been impossible to write features like DRM in chrome. So I would have been a bit of an idiot to say that KHTML isn't GPL (because LGPL is a weaker version of GPL), but in effect, the outcome is the same - all because of that big fat L at the beginning.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    They totally do though. You can ONLY use webkit on any iOS device. Chrome, Firefox, etc. they all are forced to use webkit on iOS. Neither Google or Apple are treating the web nicely, but at least you have a choice to use a different browser. Apple makes that effectively impossible.

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  • [+] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I want Firefox (with its engine, not webkit) on my phone. With Apple that's not possible

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