• JackSkellington@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Shouldn’t the same be applied to MacOS? There are a myriad of stupid apps impossible to uninstall. Maybe even safari

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      1 year ago

      While you can’t uninstall Safari, it doesn’t constantly discourage you to use other browsers like Edge does. Nor does Mac OS prevents you from installing competing apps.

      The bigger problem is iOS, but the EU already took care of that and we’ll be able to sideload apps on iOS pretty soon.

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        1 year ago

        Does Mac prohibit other browser engines like they do on iOS?

        Doesn’t do a lot of good, that they let you use other browsers if they are just reskins for Safari.

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        1 year ago

        True, I forgot that part. Thanks! Still, it comes as weird for me to have software (zero tied to OS functions ) I cannot remove

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        Mac literally doesn’t allow any other browser engine. They only allow webkit.

        So your options are:

        • Safari

        • Safari with Chrome aesthetics

        • Safari with Firefox aesthetics

        • Safari with [insert browser here] aesthetics

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          That chess game even predates OS X, it was a tech demo that came with the NextStep OS and has barely changed since the mid nineties. At this point it would be said to see it go.