Safari's now the only major browser supporting Do Not Track on iOS<article>
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Of the three major browsers on iOS, only Safari still offers the Do Not Track (DNT) privacy option that discourages advertisers from tracking you online.</p><p>
Earlier this week, Google rolled out an update to Chrome for iOS that disabled several minor browser features, including DNT. Mozilla’s Firefox for iOS also doesn’t offer the anti-tracking feature.</p><p>
You may not see the change right away, as Google says it is rolling out the update to iOS users gradually. In addition to DNT, the new version of Chrome disables Data Saver, in-browser Cookie settings, auto-detect encoding, and enterprise support.</p><p>
The reason for the change is that Chrome recently switched over to Apple’s WKWebView API, which is only available in iOS 8 and up. Google decided to use the API, which was introduced in 2014 alongside iOS 8, because it puts third-party browsers on par with Safari. Previously, third-party browsers were forced to use an older, slower-rendering engine than Safari’s current one—putting alternative browsers at a disadvantage. Apple doesn’t allow third-party browsers to run their own rendering engines on iOS.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3027952/ios/safaris-now-the-only-major-browser-supporting-do-not-track-on-ios.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Safari's now the only major browser supporting Do Not Track on iOS
