Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps.

For an independent browser like Firefox, managing two browsers is not easy, so it can be forgiven that this could be seen as almost harassment.

Also, the fact that the use of browser engines other than WebKit is limited to iOS means that the use of WebKit is still forced on iPadOS, which also increases the effort for Mozilla.

Source: https://iphonewired.com/news/746093/

  • @SupraMario
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    There isn’t a good app ecosystem for arm on osx either? What’s your point?

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      You’re incorrect. Tons of apps are native ARM on Mac now, also rosetta2 emulation is really fast. Obviously not as fast as native ARM but it surprised me.

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        Most might be native but tell me what apps don’t have an alternative on x86 and I’ll agree with you.

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          Exclusivity isn’t the point. A healthy app ecosystem is what we’re discussing, which ARM on Mac has. It wasn’t great for 6 months or so, but it’s quite good now.

          • @SupraMario
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            ??? No the whole discussion on this has been how people can’t get out of the ecosystem. Which I’ve provided multiple ways to get out of it. There is really zero point to even bring up ARM MacBooks, because as you have said the ecosystem isn’t exclusive.

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              There isn’t a good app ecosystem for arm on osx either? What’s your point?

              Did you forget what you said? This is what I’m responding to.

              macOS (not osX for many years now) has a healthy app ecosystem, unlike windows for ARM.

              And you can load Linux and Windows on all Mac’s.

              just install windows

              My point is “install Windows” isn’t a valid option for anyone with an ARM Mac, so suggesting it is silly. Mac hasn’t made an x86 computer in a couple years.

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                Did you miss the part where I said sell it and buy a x86 machine and have money left over?

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      I’m not the parent commenter, but Apple Silicon has much wider app support than ARM on Windows. There’s also Rosetta, which works alright, I suppose. Not spectacularly and usually not anywhere near native performance but it’s at least okay.