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bobbles on March 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

> Apple only allows Safari on iOS

Blatantly false?

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/chrome-web-browser-by-google...

thekingshorses on March 23, 2016 | [–]

Not at all.

There is only one rendering engine on iOS. Apple TOS prohibits all other rendering engines. Chrome uses Safari/webkit rendering engine to render the page.

outside1234 on March 23, 2016 | [–]

Chrome is just framing webkit. Its still "safari" under the covers.

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