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> For example, Apple’s decision to allow alternative browser engines is only effective in the EU.

And don't forget it's been done in the most painful way possible. Yet, I've not seen any reports from Mozilla about ios' practices over the past decades, or the after.

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And don’t forget Apple’s restriction on alternative browser engines in iOS and iPadOS is the only thing keeping most websites from becoming Chrome only.

If that would be true, the websites would only support Safari and Chrome. But it's not true and websites work just fine on Firefox - so stop peddling this crap to defend lockout of choice.

There are plenty of websites that have degraded performance or functionality in Safari and Firefox. The most obvious being many of Google's products.

So don’t use Google products then.

I use Firefox extensively with Google products and I don't know what you're actually talking about? Degraded how?

Ah yes, you're right. We should be thanking Apple for restricting user choice...

Mozilla probably cares more about the Chrome/Blink hegemony than Safari. If not for iOS requirements inflating Safari market share the browser market would be at least 90% Chrome or a Chrome derivative.

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