Google starts fighting back from inside iOS

26. Lucas777 posted on 2 days ago, 22:33 6 8

its only a good one if their chrome browser develops a little more… i prefer safari over anything else currently because it gets the job done without any hassle… chrome os is more visually appealing, but it is not as reliable and useful as safari-- and the ios app is different than the android one unfortunately…

I hope google keeps their open-mindeness though and allows this to be an option… because switching between browsers constantly is highly annoying

hopefully they update and smooth out chrome a bit more before pushing this agenda

30. 305Bucko posted on yesterday, 00:43 1 2

your kidding right? We ARE talking about the safari on iOS right? Im confused because Chrome OS (that you made mention of) is an actual operating system hence the name.

The safari browser lacks SO many things that im not even gonna go there. Im just gonna hope I misunderstood your comment because you clearly have not used the Chrome browser on iOS long enough to snap out of it.

P.S. I own both Android and iPhone and currently have my iPhone Jailbroken to use Chrome as the default browser. If I had to use a stock iPhone... I wouldnt.

41. Lucas777 posted on yesterday, 02:03 2 1

my bad-- i was typing quickly and said os… i said browser to begin with so i am sure you could figure it out :)

No i have used the chrome browser… it is good, but safari has the reading list feature that i like and i prefer a combination of full screen (via jailbreak) and the quick access of the blue bars on safari-- chrome browser has a lot of potential and is very good, but it needs to be developed more to equal its android counterpart

ya i used chrome as stock for a while, but i prefer regular safari with fullscreen mode and a download manager…

i dont need to "snap out" of anything… i viewed the merits of both apps and safari works better for me-- it syncs bookmarks and reading lists with my mac-- i dont use google chrome every day on my computer as safari (although not as good in performance) works with macs much better (obviously).. but desktop browsers are a whole different story

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35. anywherehome posted on yesterday, 00:59 3 1

yes! The iPhone will soon become another Google phone....as it almost already is :-D
without Google is the iPhone just a little toy for toddlers....with Google services is now for teenagers :)

37. Mxyzptlk posted on yesterday, 01:12 2 4

I don't see how this is good. It not only shows how much of a monopoly Google is when it comes to its services but it also shows how even Facebook and Twitter do not want to associate with Google because of how they favor their own social media Google+ even though Twitter and Facebook are way more popular and better.

Google is also hurting themselves because they're going to end up causing themselves to get banned off the App Store for such behavior.

38. anywherehome posted on yesterday, 01:30 4 3

banned? you want to make an iPhone a non useful phone? :)
so do not use the Google services, it is easy :)

yes, Google is hurting himself because he innovates? so then Apple is the best company in the world :-D

43. Mxyzptlk posted on yesterday, 03:09 2 3

I don't think the image of the trojan horse is sending a positive response you know.

There's many other services available besides Google.

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45. anywherehome posted on yesterday, 04:05 2 2

trojan? :-D
do you want to live in a world where you can not decide which browser you want to open after a click in your email?

ok, welcome to iPhone, iPad world.....there it is so ;)

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19. MichaelHeller posted on 2 days ago, 21:01 10 1

It isn't like Google is exploiting the system. This is functionality that Apple wrote into the code

21. Aeires posted on 2 days ago, 21:13 3 3

Of course they wrote it, it's part of iOS. I doubt they intended this to happen though.