🪲 An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers
TL;DR: iOS Safari is more than an inconvenience for developers, it's the fundamental reason interoperability has been stymied in mobile ecosystems; frequent showstopping bugs, a large patch gap, and lack of competing engines ensures the web is not a credible competitor to native. Here are the receipts to prove it.
10 yrs of Safari showstopper bugs.
🙏 Alex Russell (npub1pf4…pgxq) for help drafting & edits
https://webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/history-of-safari-show-stoppers/
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2024-09-23 10:05:12
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