• N4CHEM@lemmy.ml
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    Because it’s the only browser not based on Google’s Chromium rendering engine (Webview, WebKit? whatever). Using any other browser supports Google’s monopoly over how we browse the internet and what we are allowed to see. No, fuck Google.

    Edit: spelling

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      Technically, WebKit is Apple’s rendering engine (Safari).

      Google uses Blink, which is a fork of WebKit, but is its own thing now.

      So, you can still use Safari without directly contributing to Google’s de facto rendering engine monopoly.

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        Thank you, I used to know the rendering engines fairly well a few years ago, but I’m out of the loop now.

        What about WebView? It’s the rendering engine used in Android, closely related to Blink I assume.

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          I honestly wasn’t super familiar with WebView until you asked!

          It looks like WebView is a stripped-down browser, more than anything else. It can leverage different rendering engines depending on the platform, and on Android it looks like it leverages Blink just like Chrome.