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nnx on Aug 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using alternative browser engines in the European ...

This disables JIT for JSC (JavaScriptCore) system-wide. Third party apps never had been able to JIT on iOS, no permission to write executable pages.

vmfunction on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

Isn't it possible to used JIT for JSC in WebView?

johncolanduoni on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

WKWebView and SafariViewController do, but they run the browser engine and JIT in another process so that the app still doesn’t have the ability to execute unsigned pages.

vmfunction on Aug 11, 2024 | | [–]

Interesting! How are unsigned pages determined this case?

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