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Why wouldn't I use a native browser like Epiphany instead?", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "native GTK browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it worthwhile to create a web browser in 2026?"}, {"id": 779052368, "item_id": 48690773, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48690773", "by": "seba_dos1", "date": "2026-06-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I do use some webapps, but with Epiphany rather than Firefox", "excerpt": "Checking Flathub should give you some idea: https://flathub.org/en/apps/collection/mobile/1 There are more, not every application that works fine has metadata filled up (and not everything is on Flathub either). 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This is why it seems to me that Apple does not really care about web developers.", "context": "web developer testing Safari compatibility", "use_case": "testing WebKit on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Safari MCP server for web developers"}, {"id": 780034128, "item_id": 48752133, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752133", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-07-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Why wouldn't I use a native browser like Epiphany instead?", "excerpt": "I'm a Linux user, and I use a lot of native GTK apps. I have pretty much zero interest in using a homemade rendering engine or vibe-coded Javascript runtime. Why wouldn't I use a native browser like Epiphany instead?", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "native GTK browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Is it worthwhile to create a web browser in 2026?"}, {"id": 779052368, "item_id": 48690773, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48690773", "by": "seba_dos1", "date": "2026-06-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I do use some webapps, but with Epiphany rather than Firefox", "excerpt": "Checking Flathub should give you some idea: https://flathub.org/en/apps/collection/mobile/1 There are more, not every application that works fine has metadata filled up (and not everything is on Flathub either). I do use some webapps, but with Epiphany rather than Firefox.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Jolla Phone, Over 13 500 units sold"}, {"id": 746117824, "item_id": 46632364, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46632364", "by": "SyrupThinker", "date": "2026-01-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can reproduce such bugs using Epiphany [1] or other WebKit based browsers", "excerpt": "Frequently, but not always, I can reproduce such bugs using Epiphany [1] or other WebKit based browsers. That's at least somewhat cheaper when it works. [1]: https://webkit.org/downloads/", "context": "", "use_case": "Reproducing WebKit bugs", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Safari developer tools provide insight into CSS Grid Lanes"}]}