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No Firefox For iOS, Says Mozilla's Product Head

Posted by timothy on from the once-bitten dept.

hypnosec writes "Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's VP of Product, has revealed that the non-for-profit organization is not going to build an iOS version of its Firefox web browser as long as Apple doesn't mend its unfriendly ways towards third party browsers. Speaking at SXSW in a mobile browser wars panel Sullivan said that Mozilla is neither building nor planning to build a Firefox version for Apple's iOS. Mozilla pulled Firefox Home from the App Store back in September 2012 following Apple's not so accommodating attitude."

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  1. Open Source please by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dear Apple customer,

    Please don't give money to Apple, they will use it to dissuade competition.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    1. Re:Open Source please by node+3 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Dear dinkypoo, don't worry about how I (or anyone else) spend my money.

  2. Re:Cydia please. by BasilBrush · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "you have more money than brains" (or sense) is something that's only ever said by people who can't afford to buy the product in question.

    Not everyone has to be a cheapskate.

  3. Re:OK then... by BasilBrush · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If it's possible to build a browser in javascript or java, then you could run a browser in a browser.

    If it was possible to run a browser in a browser, then you could do it on iOS too. There's no restrictions on web apps.

    Interesting how you were prepared to make the most ridiculous excuses for Firefox OS though.