>>samwil+(OP)
For anyone making the "Apple is the last bastion against Chrome dominance"-argument: Apple is not in it for the web. Quite the opposite, more likely. They are all about control, not letting you choose a browser.
Also, I don't see how fighting a potential monoculture with an actual monoculture is a solution.
For further reading:
https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-brow...