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The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

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The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago
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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/

  • @[email protected]
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    But still isn’t it a safari reskin!!

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      49•1 year ago

      No because the EU forced them to actually allow the browser engines. It turns out that somebody with an actual brain was behind the policy decision.

      Shockingly it turns out that despite what apple always claimed it was actually perfectly possible and weirdly isn’t actually a security threat after all, who knew.

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        12•1 year ago

        I don’t think people can develop a browser engine that fast, and apple is still scrambling to figure out the least amount of compliance to avoid legal trouble.

        So I doubt they are using a different engine at this moment.

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          What do you mean “develop” they already have the engine on desktop and on Android

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            I think porting it to iOS still probably takes time, but I am happy to be proven wrong if you have source stating that brave is not using webkit on iOS.

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              5•1 year ago

              The porting has probably already been done, as sideloading apps, while difficult, was still possible. It’d make sense to have something waiting in the wings, so to speak. So it’s doubtful iOS development has just started.

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                You are right, blink is ported, but it seems like gecko is not there yet.

                • https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/19063
                • https://9to5google.com/2023/03/03/first-look-google-chrome-blink-engine-iphone-ios/

                But brave still uses webkit as of now, according to wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

        • Sir Arthur V Quackington
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          7•1 year ago

          You can doubt all you want, but devs have had functioning alternative engines in dev environments for ages. Apple just would not allow them.

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      I think at this point it still is. But it should get a chromium version in future!

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