I don’t think so. They’ve stated that it’s not worth it for them to maintain two separate versions of firefox on iOS, with one only being available in the EU.
I kinda find it crazy that our phones are called smart phones and yet they’re dumbed down unnecessarily…
Maybe it is not completely related, but that’s why I keep certain activities for PC only (like using it to buy stuff for example).
So, I am not using iOS, but if I were: What is Firefox offering there? A big reason I am using Firefox on my phone is that I can use add-ons.
I guess the only appeal of third-party browsers on iOS is synchronization with their desktop counterparts. Maybe ad-blocking if the capability is offered (I’m not so sure about this one)
The main draw is sync with other browsers. That part actually works pretty well; You can easily send web pages from your desktop to your phone, or vice versa. History, bookmarks, etc all sync, giving the user a more homogenous experience. If I look something up on my desktop, I can quickly return to it while using my phone.
Basically, since all browsers were required to use WebKit, the only real difference between the browsers was which UI and sync method you preferred.
Oh, yes, sync is also a big thing.
Some years ago it was even possible on Android to send any link from any app via the sharing menu directly to the desktop. It was very infuriating when Firefox removed that
I don’t think Gecko is a requirement for the addons. The Orion Browser supports (many but not all) Firefox’s addons and its webkit. So it is feasible although probably hard to obtain a 100% compatibility. I still use Firefox on Ios because I prefer the UI but not all site works well with it. Also the ios team at Mozilla is very small allegedly based on some public threads on the internet.
Iirc there’s some rule on iOS where your app can’t be designed to execute code not delivered through the app store. So even if Mozilla ditched the embedded safari, I don’t think they could.
Any idea how ish gets around that?
No idea, but if I was the dev, I’d ship the alpine image embedded in the app
Wouldn’t that rule also necessarily have to change to allow browsers? Unless Apple wants to continue its malicious compliance by forcing other browsers to disable JavaScript.
