• ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      WebKit, rendering engine for Safari, is open source. As it has to be because it was copylefted KHTML.

      But the rest of the browser is not, Safari is closed source. Worth noting is that even if it was, you wouldn’t be able to run version adapted for yourself because you every code executed on Apple devices needs their approval.

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        1 year ago

        Safari is a very thin set of changes to WebKit, you can just run & build WebKit nightlies, which I do for web dev, so I don’t screw up my main browser. You have zero idea what you’re talking about, you just read a wiki page.

        Macs let you run anything you want, obviously. iOS does, too, as long as you’re a developer sideloading. People who can’t hit compile shouldn’t be allowed to run random shit on their phones which are 2FA etc. keys.

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          Safari is a very thin set of changes to WebKit, you can just run & build WebKit nightlies,

          you don’t seem to understand software licenses, so please stop overselling yourself. Just because a software uses open source code, it doesn’t automatically become open-source. You’re first claim was Safari is open-source. It’s not

          and compiling a browser for webdev. lol

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            1 year ago

            You clearly didn’t spend any effort trying it, learning how it works, or reading the license. It is literally a browser, just not named Safari and using your saved preferences, which is a good thing when you’re developing. Not that you can.

            I award you zero points.

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            1 year ago

            you need pay a subscription every year to publish your app on the app store. You can sign your app and install it but it’s temporary and you need to repeat it every time it expires afaik.

            But you need a mac for it. Don’tyou just love Apple’s fancy walled gardens?