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No Firefox For iOS, Says Mozilla's Product Head
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."
Dear apple customer, since you already shown us that you have more money than brains, please refrain from engaging in illegal (in the US, of course) activities such as 'jailbreaking'. We already know you can afford to pay: don't be a cheap ass! Also, you are unknowingly causing steve job's corpse to spin around its horizontal axis.
Yes, he respects users so much, he won't let them use software he helped with.
Don't you know? Around here, if you buy something that someone here doesn't like, and it isn't cheaper than the thing the other person does like, you're an idiot who has more money than brains, and should be ashamed of yourself!
Unless its a Pixel or Glass or Galaxy SIII, but otherwise...
What are you talking about? Apple doesn't force anyone to use Apple products. The WebKit requirement is not about forcing people to use Safari (which isn't a discrete product), but about keeping the quality in the iOS App Store higher.
As an iOS user, I benefit from every app that does web rendering will have a relatively consistently high level of quality. I also don't have to worry about a bug in the app becoming a security risk.
It's ok to not value those two things as much as someone else does. I don't have a problem with how Google does it, it's just not to my liking, but I'm glad they're around for those that do prefer things that way.
I do have a big problem with Mozilla, though. They are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on the planet, and they put ideology ahead of quality. As a user, I can't comprehend why I'm expected to make that trade.