There are webkit based browsers on Linux as well, GNOME Web being one; but yeah, I prefer Firefox.
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aeronmelon@lemm.ee 9 months agoI’ve been using Safari exclusively since 2013, completely sidestepping all of this drama. I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in several years. I also haven’t seen any hint of YouTube blocking my access to videos.
But for everyone who needs Windows, and the growing number of Linux users, FireFox seems like the only democratic option left.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 9 months ago
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
That’s great, but on the downside you’ve been using the new Internet Explorer.
ripcord@kbin.social 9 months ago
...howso?
toddestan@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Safari is holding back the web with their old, quirky, outdated engine. However, as Safari’s engine is the only option for iOS, most web developers can’t afford to ignore Safari because they can’t ignore the iPhone. So it’s IE all over again - an old, outdated browser that everyone nevertheless has to support as a significant portion of the users are using it. In some ways it’s even worse, as iPhone users don’t have any choice due to Apple’s restrictions, but even in the darkest days of IE’s stranglehold on the web Microsoft never restricted what browser you could use on Windows.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 9 months ago
That’s going to change next year thanks to the Digital Markets Act in Europe. Third-party app stores will have to be allowed on iPhones which means different browser engines will be able to be installed on iOS.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 9 months ago
Apple is pretty notorious for holding the web back post Steve Jobs. It took them forever for push notifications for web apps on mobile (like literally years behind their competition)
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
I’m not disagreeing in general but I’ve literally never wanted to use push notifications from a Web app. All it does is create another thing to decline on shirty websites.
bjorney@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Safari only introduced a date input field like 2 years ago