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Ok, but then force Android and macOS to unbundle their crap. Why do I have to use Chrome and Gmail as default? Why do I get force fed iMessage, Safari and iCloud?

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Also unbundle Safari from iOS and put an end to the browser engines ban. That's far worse than default software on Windows and Android.

Yup, the Chrome monoculture will save us all.

Opening iOS to competing browser engines is unlikely to lead to Chrome being dominant there. Safari has more than 60% market share on macOS where they've never been banned.

What it could lead to though is some real investment in Safari from Apple's part, which is very much needed considering how buggy and behind competition it is. That way maybe the web will indeed be able to compete with native as they already falsely claim it can.

I want real Firefox on iOS. Not a shoddy safari skin.

Because the Safari monoculture on iOS right now is so much better and totally not a buggy ass mess... /s

> Chrome and Gmail as default?

You don't... You can have Firefox and Outlook as defaults if you want. Ever use a Samsung phone? It comes bundled with a bunch of Samsung and MS crap, despite being Android. Samsung has their own web browser, their own store...

Let me rephrase, force Google not to ship Chrome and their apps by default on Android, and completely remove login/registration when first starting the phone.

Agreed. Please unbundle everything!

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