Apple recently claimed that Safari is three different browsers in effort to avoid regulation in the European Union (via The Register). The claim...

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…

  • @just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    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.

    • @lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      17•1 year ago

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

      • @privatizetwiddleEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        I think the reference was to IE4 for Windows 95 and 98, which did in fact run the desktop and file manager functions with IE to enable web functionality. You could type a URL into the file manager path bar and use it as a web browser or use a web page as your desktop, IIRC.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4

        • @Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7•1 year ago

          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

          • @just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
            -2•1 year ago

            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’.