• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    If safari was a great browser, I don’t think apple would fear competition to the point of fully banning it wherever possible

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      10 months ago

      I haven’t had problems. I would just like to be educated on what I’m missing out on.

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        10 months ago

        Well web developers are the ones typically suffering since are the ones papering over the mess that is safari

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        9 months ago

        Functioning ad block, background video playback, to name two extensions that are very useful on mobile.

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          9 months ago

          I have both of those capabilities right now and I have for a very, very long time.

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            9 months ago

            Ah, I didn’t know that was possible. I don’t think it was last time I used iPhone circa 2019 or so.

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              9 months ago

              When I left android, I was jailbreaking on iOS, so generally had all of those features, but funny enough probably about right when you left extensions, VPN ad blockers, etc. came out. Officially and polished.

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      9 months ago

      Safari is a great browser, especially in terms of performance and energy efficiency. Aside from adblockers what exactly does chrome/ff do better?

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        9 months ago

        Debugging (without a MacBook). Webgl 2. WebXR. Local storage not being completely gimped. I’m glad I don’t work in that industry anymore, Safari was the bane of my existence…

        Good web standards are a threat to the app store (particularly anything to do with ARKit) - not like 3rd party browsers are likely to change that much with the majority of users sticking to defaults, but it might apply some pressure

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        9 months ago

        Every other browser except IE has supported web standards more quickly and more fully. Safari is trash.