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The iphone is over a decade old and safari should have been established as the default choice for users by now. Still the majority of comments points out that a open platform will lead to users switching away from safari. I think its not a legit concern if a product fails to meet the users requirements in that time period.

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Very few said people would use Chrome because it is better. The reason Chrome would take over would be market pressure and advertisement.

And after they have like 50%, they won, as they will inexpensively make their market dominant products (search, meet, etc) worst on Safari, by just neglecting to fix issues due to higher cost of making it work on two browsers. We've seen that before. I am posting this from Brave because many sites in Brazil neglect Safari on desktop, so I got used to alternatives.

I know it’s pessimistic but the moment google search add a banner for chrome with a shitty UX (like now clicking the text field search box will bring it full screen and suggestions the rest of the screen) so any change in the chrome version will push all the users to it

This also dismisses that apple controls the platform and hardware what means it can easily and does use this position to their advantage.

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