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		bobbles on March 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS > Apple only allows Safari on iOS Blatantly false? https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/chrome-web-browser-by-google...

thekingshorses on March 23, 2016 | [–]

Not at all.

There is only one rendering engine on iOS. Apple TOS prohibits all other rendering engines. Chrome uses Safari/webkit rendering engine to render the page.

outside1234 on March 23, 2016 | [–]

Chrome is just framing webkit. Its still "safari" under the covers.

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