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[briantrumpet]

That's why I mentioned Firefox as an alternative option.
Strangely enough I have a Google account on my Apple devices. I don't see any reason be isolated in any system.

Apple make it hard, which was my initial point, and haven't really been challenged legally in the way that big bad Microsoft was in the late 90s & early 2000s.

 

[BoldonLad]

That's why I mentioned Firefox as an alternative option.
Strangely enough I have a Google account on my Apple devices. I don't see any reason be isolated in any system.

Yes, I have a Google Account too, a legacy from my working/windows days, but, I am not sure I get the connection?

Personally, I use what works, I do not fret about Android/IOS/Linux etc etc

 

[PurplePenguin]

The IE thing was just an example of how a monolithic IT company was forced to open up to competition. Apple is mostly still a closed shop, but the other way around: if you want to use its OS and apps, you have to buy the hardware. And the apps are only available through.... Apple.

The EU moves slowly. It has some ongoing battles with Apple and Google, but browser choice is no longer considered that important.

 

[Pblakeney]

Apple make it hard, which was my initial point, and haven't really been challenged legally in the way that big bad Microsoft was in the late 90s & early 2000s.

Nope. I still don't get it. Installing Firefox was a breeze.

 

[Pblakeney]

Yes, I have a Google Account too, a legacy from my working/windows days, but, I am not sure I get the connection?

Personally, I use what works, I do not fret about Android/IOS/Linux etc etc

The connection (from my point of view) is that you are not locked into the Apple ecosystem to the extent that some seem to think.

 

[BoldonLad]

Good point. I dare say you can use a different browser in iOS, but no-one I know does.

I do force use of Google stuff on Apple users (only as I've got useful stuff they sometimes need to see), but one or two make a point of looking down their noses as they dislike leaving the safety of their warm fluffy Apple-only apps.

If that floats your boat, good for you. I just like stuff that works, not too bothered about the source.

 

[BoldonLad]

The connection (from my point of view) is that you are not locked into the Apple ecosystem to the extent that some seem to think.

We are in agreement then.

 

[briantrumpet]

If that floats your boat, good for you. I just like stuff that works, not too bothered about the source.

Ditto, just that it interests me how Apple have got away with it.

I'm more bothered about the sauce.

 

[briantrumpet]

The connection (from my point of view) is that you are not locked into the Apple ecosystem to the extent that some seem to think.

Can you get your apps from outside of the Apple Store?

 

[BoldonLad]

The EU moves slowly. It has some ongoing battles with Apple and Google, but browser choice is no longer considered that important.

Was it ever important?, except, perhaps, to aspiring Browser writers.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Nope. I still don't get it. Installing Firefox was a breeze.

Do you know where Firefox gets its funding from? The vast majority of the funding comes from Google who pay to be the default search engine on Firefox. People are lazy and the default options are what many use.

 

[Pblakeney]

Can you get your apps from outside of the Apple Store?

I can on my laptop.
IOS is no different from Android or Google in that respect. (As far as I know). People just tend to take the easy option.

Edit:- Options are not closed shops. It's mostly just lazy, or not worth the hassle as per PP's post

 

[BoldonLad]

I can on my laptop.
IOS is no different from Android or Google in that respect. (As far as I know). People just tend to take the easy option.

I tend to think of it as the SAFE option

 

[briantrumpet]

Was it ever important?, except, perhaps, to aspiring Browser writers.

TBH, I couldn't understand the fuss at the time, but that said, there was a book specifically "Internet Explorer 3 for Dummies" (which I think I've still got somewhere), which suggests that our perspective on the importance of specific browsers has shifted somewhat.

FTR, I think I went from IE to Firefox, and only switched to Chrome as at the time FF seemed to be very hungry on memory, in the days when specs were much more restricted because of the price of onboard memory.

 

[Pblakeney]

I tend to think of it as the SAFE option

That is definitely a sound position to take. Some options are safer than others.