All browsers on iOS are basically reskinned versions of Safari since they all have to use WebKit
Comment on iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 weeks agoIs there something I’m missing? I have Firefox on my iPhone, I live in India. Is it not “proper” Firefox or is Firefox now available in US App Store?
NGnius@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
30p87@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Any browser on iOS/iPadOS etc. is just a reskin of Safari. It might add new features - VPN, closing-all-tabs-feature, sync - but the underlying browser engine is still webkit, including all its limitations. Those limitations are, for example, limited debugging and no plugin support. Whereas I can install almost all desktop addons on my FF nightly on Android, I can’t even have adblock on “Firefox” iOS. And even after Apple opened up the browser stuff, so FF can now be based on gecko, Mozilla would need to create and maintain a whole new App - for the EU, because other countries won’t get those possibilities ever.
So FF on my iPad is just a way for me to access website-only stuff. In my Android phone, I also use eg. youtube/piped, deepl, maps in FF. That would be a pain on iOS due to missing Addons.
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Ah! I never knew that! Thanks for the detailed explanation