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		r00fus on May 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 So we're talking about the M1 Macs, not iPhones - Firefox on Mac is Gecko. So the comparison of Webkit (iOS FF) vs. Gecko (Mac FF) is the comparison being made as you can download both if you want.

sp332 on May 24, 2021 [–]

W^X JIT seems to have been solved in Firefox in 2016. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=W-XOR-E-... So that's not the specific blocker for Gecko on iOS.

Rhedox on May 25, 2021 | [–]

W^X doesn't get you very far on iOS. Apps are not allowed to make pages executable at all.

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