> Apple deliberately hobbles their browser to prevent competitiveness with native apps.

It might be true that it’s not competitive but no evidence that it’s deliberate.

If it wasn't deliberate they would let you install Chrome instead of forcing you to use Safari with a chrome skin. And why do they have Safari with a chrome skin? Because then most gullible users thinks they can actually use chrome and that chrome and safari are mostly the same, when they are actually really different and they therefore don't understand what they are missing. Even here on HN where people should know better you sometimes see users say "if you don't like safari you can just install chrome!".

> If it wasn't deliberate they would let you install Chrome instead of forcing you to use Safari with a chrome skin.

Because browsers allow remote code execution and Apple wants to limit the attack surface.

This is about gullible users being protected from attackers by Apple.