European iPhone owners are being shown a new pop-up screen listing alternatives to the Safari browser. The developers of the browsers shown on that screen are torn about the user experience.
  • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    552·
    2 months ago

    Options?
    You mean :
    Safari
    Safari but it’s not scared of the dark
    Safari park fire with a fox for some reason
    Edge-ing in Safari park
    Opera of the Safari
    Safari but with trees
    DuckDuckGoing to Safari myself later
    You Safari from crippling depression
    Safari has layers / it’s all Safari now / Safari is Love, Safari is Life
    USSafaRi

    Explaining the joke :

    I’m making fun of the fact that all browsers on IOS are required to use WebKit.

    • nix@midwest.socialEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      This article is also only applicable to EU, where (as your link mentions) alternative browsers don’t need to be WebKit. Chrome and Firefox are already working on switching.

      • Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml
        5·
        2 months ago

        Yes but let’s remember everyone that Apple did their “best” in this. If a developer makes a browser that doesn’t use WebKit, then can publish that version only in Europe. For the rest of the world it’s still forced to publish the usual “Safari skin”. Basically doubling the work and the monetary cost of developing a browser.