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        Does Mac prohibit other browser engines like they do on iOS?

        Doesn’t do a lot of good, that they let you use other browsers if they are just reskins for Safari.

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        1 year ago

        I remember Mac os ignoring my default browser choice many times and instead launching a web page in safari.

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        True, I forgot that part. Thanks! Still, it comes as weird for me to have software (zero tied to OS functions ) I cannot remove

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        Mac literally doesn’t allow any other browser engine. They only allow webkit.

        So your options are:

        • Safari

        • Safari with Chrome aesthetics

        • Safari with Firefox aesthetics

        • Safari with [insert browser here] aesthetics

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        Older MacOS versions had stuff like the chess game preinstalled for no reason, though I don’t know how current versions look like.

        I also don’t know how easy it is to remove preinstalled apps nowadays. Back in the day, you could disable System Integrity Protection, remove whatever you want, and re-enable Protection afterwards.

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          That chess game even predates OS X, it was a tech demo that came with the NextStep OS and has barely changed since the mid nineties. At this point it would be said to see it go.