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		ojosilva on Sept 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals > Apple mandating WebKit is the only thing holding v8 back from a total monopoly Or this could read as: Apple mandating WebKit is the thing preventing Firefox (and others) from properly competing against v8.

bombcar on Sept 27, 2023 [–]

Firefox can't compete against v8 on any other platform (it's what, 2% of browsers now?), so there's no real indication that it being allowed on iOS would do much.

But Chrome certainly would make huge inroads.

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