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_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Uh, well you can already have a different browser. I know Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Brave are all on iOS. Brave has built in adblocking, but AdGuard is also available if you want to block ads in Safari. I’m in North America, but I assume they are available worldwide.

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vinnymac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I wouldn’t call them different browsers, more like skins or “chrome”. All iOS browsers are built on Apple WebKit. This essentially makes all of the browsers you listed reskinned versions of Safari.

Sure they may have some clever UI, accessibility, or platform specific functionality. But they are nothing like any of those browsers on other operating systems.

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- _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oh I did not know that.
  
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  - vinnymac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s not common knowledge outside of dev circles tbh, your advice to blocks ads though is legit. You don’t deserve those downvotes
    
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    _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Lol I didn’t even notice till you said something. People see one downvote, they downvote as well because it’s instinct to go with the flow. Downvotes have never bothered me.
    
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
They still all use the safari engine though, unless something has changed and I missed it.

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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No, and it’s annoying because Safari’s extensions I’ll let you install ad blockers, but they won’t work on Firefox even though it’s still Safari
  
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  - RedMari@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Extensions work on Orion
    
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    neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So I guess it’s a Mozilla problem and not Apple
    
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