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

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I've been using Firefox on my android phones for years though, I don't remember it ever being more involved then setting it as default on the popup on first launch.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Android is a fenced garden compared to the fortress that is iOS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I guess, but it's like a 2 foot high fence

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did the same on iOS… not a huge difference. Download app from store, set as default.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

On iOS the browser isn’t really Firefox. It’s just a re-skinned Safari due to apples rules. I think now they are allowed to ship their own engines

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

They are but it's not ready AFAIK https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1882872

Can't wait to use it though and be able to install WebExtensions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have been using Firefox as the default browser on my iPhone for a while now. It wasn’t complicated to setup either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Same here but it's not Firefox with its own Engine, it's a Firefox frontend for WebKit with some of Apple's restriction.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

There are a bunch of apps that strictly require Chrome for their in-app custom tabs, though. I have to re-install Chrome on occasion because I can't log into apps without it. Also, having Chrome installed at all makes it impossible to NOT set a default browser (i.e. to have it ask every time), which is what I prefer since I use several different browsers for different use cases. (Note: this is on Pixel. Never had that problem on my older phones.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

While we can, we should reject those sites and program them to the standards.
Including that some features are optional.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have Firefox set up and never was the in-app browser firefox

How I know? I have dark reader active on those pages and usually websites don't reflect system primary settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I think it used to be possible to set your default "custom tabs" browser as well, but I don't think it is anymore. I'm not totally sure though.

I don't know why these apps use custom tabs in the first place. It's always struck me as a solution in search of a problem.