FatCatThe DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.
OrangeCorvusYeah but Brave? Why not Firefox or Vivaldi.
RmDebArc_5Vivaldi is extremely slow on IOS and 2gb+ big. Firefox has no extensions so no Adblock. Generally there are few privacy friendly/Foss browsers on IOS.
abhibeckertIm, Safari is so privacy friendly that Google regularly asks me if I’m human. For example it has a built in VPN that doesn’t allow Google to see your IP address.
And 99.9% of the Safari’s code is FOSS.
GitHub - WebKit/WebKit: Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux.
Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux. - WebKit/WebKit
I mean they did say few. Generally speaking, every browser is basically safari (WebKit) on iOS and apple doesn’t allow support for 3rd party browser extensions (least natively, Orion supports this somehow). So you’re already limited in that regard. If you don’t use safari , a browser like FF + VPN is IMO a better experience. You also have the option of just using wireguard and controlling your traffic at home/VPS if you’re into that.
WebKit might be open source but the browser deployed by apple is not. That’s like saying chrome is open source. They both use open source engines.