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>>samwil+(OP)
Safari is way faster than Chrome on iOS

>>xkcd19+Wh
Chrome on iOS is Safari but with Chrome skin.

Apple does not allow other browser engines or does not even allow most Safari features to other browsers...

>>sccxy+lk
Chrome and Firefox may use WebKit but have very different looks and feels and some different functionality. They’re not just “skins”.

>>parasu+yC
They use a Cocoa feature called [WkWebView] (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview) which is an embedded webkit browser. Any functionality that differs from Safari is not part of the actual "browser". It's just "skin" on top of it. (Bookmark syncing, etc)

>>noblea+uN
WkWebView is a web renderer and partial navigator, it's not a browser.

My point is that people are really stretching the term "skin". Bookmark syncing, tab & window management, history management, security management etc. all are features of a browser, and they have a major impact on the UX of that browser. They are WHY there are still users of Firefox or Chrome on iOS! They're not "skin" features, which typically imply minor look & feel related items.