Comment on GrapheneOS Under Threat: EU Age Verification And Google Changes Endanger Privacy-Focused Android

• Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is like saying that Safari is just a reskinned version of KDE Konqueror. It is patently wrong and oversimplifies the development processes.

  While Apple did use Konqueror as a base for WebKit, and some of that code was pumped back into Konqueror, they are not the same. Chromium was also based on WebKit but has had so much code replaced that it is also essentially different code.

  I recommend Ken Kocienda’s book “Creative Selection” about the development of the iPhone and WebKit.

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  • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think in this case they’re referring to Chrome on iOS. Apple doesn’t allow any browser engine except WebKit on iOS so to many people that means Chrome and any other browser on iOS is really just Safari with a different interface. Pretty sure I saw something recently about the EU considering forcing Apple to allow other engines on iOS.

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    • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Once again, the EU ^^ is overstepping their mandate. There is no benefit to endusers if Google, Opera and Firefox are forced to use WebKit for rendering on iOS only. There are disadvantages for Opera, (who are Nowegian), but no other European companies.

      There are huge benefits to endusers if their phones batteries last more than 15 minutes because Google and Opera are trying to backdoor their privacy.

      ^^ the EU’s regulatory bodies.

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