thehatfox@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTo avoid regulation, Apple said it had three Safari browserswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down19
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkTo avoid regulation, Apple said it had three Safari browserswww.theregister.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareEliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI would argue that iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari are not really that different though.
minus-squareEliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s what I mean, would you say iPadOS Safari and iOS Safari don’t share a good chunk of their codebase?
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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.