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Apple Argued Safari Is Three Different Browsers to Avoid Regulation (www.macrumors.com)
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Apple Argued Safari Is Three Different Browsers to Avoid Regulation::Apple recently claimed that Safari is three different browsers in effort to avoid regulation in the European Union (via The Register). The claim...

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Of course they did. Microsoft tried this in the 90's with Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Explorer. Sure, it does three different things, but it's the SAME THING.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Those are actually different things and always have been. I don't know what point you think you're making.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You should be a lawyer.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you actually not understand how a web browser, a file manager and a email application are considerably different compared to Safari on iOS, macOS and iPad OS

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you not understand that those were all the same thing in Windows? Context is key. Everything at that time was built on IE. It was the mail client, the file browser, and the web browser at the same time. Hell, if you dig into the registry on Win 11 you'll still see references to 'Internet Explorer'.

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