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<h1>About BareRTC</h1>
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<h1>About BareRTC</h1>
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<li><a href="#tour">Tour of the user interface</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tour">Tour of the user interface</a></li>
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<li><a href="#browsers">Supported browsers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#video-sharing">Video Sharing How-To's</a></li>
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<li><a href="#webcam">Webcam sharing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#features">Feature Highlights</a></li>
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<li><a href="#markdown">Styling your messages</a></li>
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<li><a href="#browsers">Supported Browsers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#privacy">Privacy</a></li>
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<li><a href="#privacy">Privacy</a></li>
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<h1 id="tour">Tour of the user interface</h1>
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<h1 id="tour">Tour of the user interface</h1>
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<img src="/static/img/screenshot.png" alt="Screenshot of the user interface on desktop">
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<img src="/static/img/screenshot.png" alt="Screenshot of the user interface on desktop">
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<br><em>Pictured: Screenshot of the user interface on tablet or desktop-sized screens.</em><br><br>
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<br><em>Pictured: Screenshot of the user interface on tablet or desktop-sized screens.</em><br><br>
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<img src="/static/img/mobile.png" alt="Screenshot of the user interface on mobile">
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button, which will show the number of watchers inside the button itself.
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button, which will show the number of watchers inside the button itself.
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{{if .Config.PermitNSFW}}
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The <button type="button" class="button is-small is-outlined is-dark px-1">
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<i class="fa fa-fire has-text-danger mr-1"></i> Explicit
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button will toggle the setting on your camera. If you are going to be
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behaving sexually on cam, we ask that you please mark your own camera
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as 'Explicit' by using this button. The button will illuminate in red
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when active, and look like:
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<button type="button" class="button is-small is-danger px-1">
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<i class="fa fa-fire mr-1"></i> Explicit
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{{end}}
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You can also see who is Watching your camera by clicking on the "Watching"
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tab on the Who's Online list.
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The <strong>Who List</strong> shows all of the people who are currently connected
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The <strong>Who Is Online</strong> list shows all of the people who are currently connected
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to the chat room. The Who List is global to the entire chat - it is the same list
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to the chat room. The Who List is global to the entire chat - it is the same list
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of people no matter which Channel you are currently looking at. In the Who List
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of people no matter which Channel you are currently looking at. In the Who List
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you may also find buttons to open a Direct Message (DM) or tune in to somebody's
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you may also find buttons to open a Direct Message (DM) or tune in to somebody's
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<button type="button" class="button is-small px-2 py-1">
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<button type="button" class="button is-small px-2 py-1">
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<i class="fa fa-user"></i>
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<i class="fa fa-user"></i>
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</button>
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</button>
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This button will open their profile page, if they have one.
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This button will open their profile page, if they have one. The icon may
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be color-coded for the user's gender, if available: <i class="fa fa-user has-text-gender-male"></i> male,
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<i class="fa fa-user has-text-gender-female"></i> female, and
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<i class="fa fa-user has-text-gender-other"></i> non-binary/trans/other.
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<button type="button" class="button is-small px-2 py-1">
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The <strong>Channels & DMs</strong> panel lists the available public chat channels
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The <strong>Channels & DMs</strong> panel lists the available public chat channels
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you may participate in as well as any currently open DMs for private one-on-one chats
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you may participate in as well as any currently open DMs for private one-on-one chats
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with other people. Some channels may have red notifications beside them to indicate
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with other people. Some channels may have notification counters beside them to indicate
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unread messages have appeared.
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unread messages have appeared.
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<strong>Note:</strong> the Chat Rooms are just public channels that <em>everybody</em>
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is "in" and is designed to organize public conversations into various topics. For example,
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one chat room may be a dedicated space for people to share photos on chat so that the
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main conversation channels don't get spammed too much with those photos.
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The <strong>Message entry box</strong> at the bottom of the screen is how you type a
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The <strong>Message entry box</strong> at the bottom of the screen is how you type a
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message and send it to the currently selected Channel or DM conversation.
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message and send it to the currently selected Channel or DM conversation.
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In public channels you may <strong>send a picture</strong> by clicking on the picture
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button to the left of the message box.
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In the upper right, the <i class="fa fa-gear"></i> <strong>Settings</strong> button
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You may <strong>add an emoji</strong> to your message by clicking on the smile icon
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will show some chat settings. Some interesting features in there include:
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to the right of the message box.
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</li>
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You may <strong>at-mention</strong> people in chat by typing the "@" symbol, which
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should prompt an auto-complete of users currently online. You may hit the Tab key
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to insert the currently selected name into your message.
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In the upper right, the <i class="fa fa-bars"></i> <strong>Menu</strong> button houses
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some options such as the <i class="fa fa-gears"></i> <strong>Chat Settings</strong>.
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Some interesting features in there include:
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<strong>Video scaling:</strong> you can make the webcam videos larger on
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<strong>Video scaling:</strong> you can make the webcam videos larger on
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in to their webcams, respectively).
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in to their webcams, respectively).
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<h1 id="browsers">Supported browsers</h1>
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<h1 id="features">Feature Highlights</h1>
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<h3 id="emoji-reactions">Emoji Reactions</h3>
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Currently, BareRTC works best on <i class="fab fa-chrome"></i> Chromium browsers (including Google
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You may add emoji reactions to chat messages by clicking on the
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Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, and other Chromium derivatives) as well as
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<button type="button" class="button is-small has-text-grey is-outlined px-2">
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<i class="fab fa-firefox"></i> Mozilla Firefox.
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<i class="fa fa-plus mr-2"></i> <i class="fa fa-heart"></i>
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It works in these browsers on desktop operating systems (including <i class="fab fa-windows"></i> Windows,
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Reactions added by yourself or others will appear at the bottom of their message. You can
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<i class="fab fa-apple"></i> Mac OS and <i class="fab fa-linux"></i> GNU/Linux) as well as on
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see who reacted by hovering your mouse cursor over the button, or you can 'upvote' their
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<h3 id="markdown">Styling Your Messages</h3>
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<td><i class="fa fa-computer"></i> All Desktops</td>
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<td><i class="fa fa-computer"></i> All Desktops</td>
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To learn more about Markdown, please check out the <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org" target="_blank">Markdown Guide</a>
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button next to their name. This will kick them off your camera and they will not
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be allowed to re-open your cam for the remainder of <em>your</em> chat session.
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your camera <em>isn't even broadcasting</em> at all! They will see a greyed-out video
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button and may think you have simply turned off your camera, and they won't know for
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sure that you have booted them!
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<h1 id="browsers">Supported Browsers</h1>
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Currently, BareRTC works best on <i class="fab fa-chrome"></i> Chromium browsers (including Google
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Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, and other Chromium derivatives) as well as
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<i class="fab fa-firefox"></i> Mozilla Firefox.
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It works in these browsers on desktop operating systems (including <i class="fab fa-windows"></i> Windows,
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<i class="fab fa-apple"></i> Mac OS and <i class="fab fa-linux"></i> GNU/Linux) as well as on
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<i class="fab fa-android"></i> Android devices.
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Feature support matrix of browsers currently tested:
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<thead>
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<th>Device Type</th>
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<th>Web Browsers</th>
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<th>Chat works?</th>
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<th>Video works?</th>
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</tr>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td><i class="fa fa-computer"></i> All Desktops</td>
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<td><i class="fab fa-firefox"></i> Mozilla Firefox</td>
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<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
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<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
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<tr>
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<td><i class="fa fa-computer"></i> All Desktops</td>
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<td><i class="fab fa-chrome"></i> Chromium (Chrome, Edge)</td>
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<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
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||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><i class="fab fa-apple"></i> Mac OS Desktop</td>
|
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<td><i class="fab fa-chrome"></i> Safari</td>
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|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-asterisk has-text-warning-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
</tr>
|
||||||
|
<tr>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fab fa-android"></i> Android</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fab fa-firefox"></i> Mozilla Firefox</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
</tr>
|
||||||
|
<tr>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fab fa-android"></i> Android</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fab fa-chrome"></i> Chromium (Vanadium)</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
</tr>
|
||||||
|
<tr>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fab fa-apple"></i> iPhone & iPad</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> All browsers</td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-check has-text-success-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
<td><i class="fa fa-asterisk has-text-warning-dark"></i></td>
|
||||||
|
</tr>
|
||||||
|
</tbody>
|
||||||
|
</table>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<h5 id="safari"><i class="fa fa-asterisk has-text-warning-dark"></i> Apple Safari Browsers</h5>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
This section applies to web browsers based on Safari, which includes <strong>every</strong> web
|
||||||
|
browser on iPad and iPhone. There are some more nuances to the support level of these browsers on
|
||||||
|
BareRTC.
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
The regular chat features (logging in, chatting, sharing pictures) are 100% supported on Safari,
|
||||||
|
but webcam sharing may be more difficult to get working. On iPad, iPhone, and Safari browsers,
|
||||||
|
connecting to somebody's webcam may <strong>only</strong> work correctly if you follow exactly
|
||||||
|
these steps:
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<ol>
|
||||||
|
<li>
|
||||||
|
First, you need to share your own local webcam first (by clicking on the green "Share webcam"
|
||||||
|
button at the top of the chat page).
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
<li>
|
||||||
|
Then, you may only be able to view somebody else's camera <strong>IF</strong> they have marked
|
||||||
|
the setting "When somebody opens my camera, I also open their camera automatically."
|
||||||
|
</li>
|
||||||
|
</ol>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
This is because Apple Safari only supports two-directional video calls, which is in contrast to the
|
||||||
|
way that BareRTC was designed to work: it is intended to be possible that somebody can start their webcam
|
||||||
|
and be watched by anybody who wants to tune in, without it always needing to be a two-way video call. But
|
||||||
|
for Apple Safari browsers, uni-directional video channels are not supported, so iPads and iPhones are only
|
||||||
|
able to successfully connect to a video <strong>if</strong> that person opts-in to open your video in
|
||||||
|
return (thus making it a two-way video call).
|
||||||
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>
|
||||||
|
For <i class="fab fa-apple"></i> <strong>macOS users</strong>, it is recommended to use a Chromium or
|
||||||
|
Firefox browser instead of Safari for the best experience. It is only Safari-based browsers that have
|
||||||
|
this limitation. Unfortunately, there is no alternative for iPad or iPhone: <em>every</em> web browser on
|
||||||
|
iOS is based on Safari per Apple's app store guidelines. (Chrome and Firefox on iOS were not allowed to
|
||||||
|
bring their <em>actual</em> web browser engine to Apple's mobiles).
|
||||||
</p>
|
</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<h1 id="privacy">Privacy</h1>
|
<h1 id="privacy">Privacy</h1>
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
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Block a user