@thehatfox@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoTo avoid regulation, Apple said it had three Safari browserswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkTo avoid regulation, Apple said it had three Safari browserswww.theregister.com@thehatfox@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@thorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink30•8 months agoFrom a coding perspective, they are all quite distinct. However, I don’t doubt they were using that argument just to weasel out of getting regulated
minus-square@EliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilink2•8 months agoI would argue that iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari are not really that different though.
minus-square@EliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilink1•8 months agoThat’s what I mean, would you say iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari don’t share a good chunk of their codebase?
minus-square@bamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•8 months agoThe vast majority of the code is WebKit, which is the same across platforms. The UI is a small amount of code compared to WebKit, and even then I’m sure there is a lot of sharing between the iOS and iPadOS versions.
From a coding perspective, they are all quite distinct. However, I don’t doubt they were using that argument just to weasel out of getting regulated
I would argue that iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari are not really that different though.
from a coding perspective
That’s what I mean, would you say iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari don’t share a good chunk of their codebase?
The vast majority of the code is WebKit, which is the same across platforms. The UI is a small amount of code compared to WebKit, and even then I’m sure there is a lot of sharing between the iOS and iPadOS versions.