> Google, like microsoft, <1-3>

If you're going to complain about 1-3 for google and ms, I don't think you can praise safari in the same breath.

Apple's abused their position with the iPhone to make safari relevant, and unlike Chrome and IE, users can't just install another browser.

Apple's behavior is the only reason I can't run my own addons I've written for firefox on iOS (they run _fine_ on android of course), why I can't run uBlock origin on iOS, and so on.

Apple's behavior on iOS is far more egregious than anything microsoft or google has ever done.

I never once had to run IE or Chrome unwillingly since I could always install netscape, or mosaic, or firefox.

I'm forced to run Safari, unable to decently block ads, unable to use the adons I've written, unable to fork and patch my browser to fix bugs, and I've generally had my software freedoms infringed... and if I don't run safari, then I can't talk to my family group chat (no androids allowed, sms breaks the imessage group features too much) or talk to my grandma who only knows how to use facetime.

I wish so much I could use a phone with firefox, but I can't justify having a spare iPhone just to talk to my family, so I'm kinda forced to suffer through safari, held hostage by apple's monopolistic iMessage behavior.

The only thing that comes close to Apple's behavior is Google's campaign to force Chromebooks upon children in classrooms, requiring them to use Chrome, but at least Google isn't holding their grandmother's hostage... and managed work/school devices already are kinda expected to have substantially less freedom than personal devices, so it feels much less egregious.