Possibly due to the overwhelming possibility of Labour taking office in 2024. Labour hasn't been shy about wanting to rationalise the water industry in the UK.

The water companies here take the piss, to be frank. There is no competition, so it's a natural monopoly (per geographic area, there is one company responsible for the water supply), they pump shit into the waterways and take years to fix leaks.

All the while, these companies are raking in the cash and paying dividends to their shareholders. I genuinely don't care who "owns" the infrastructure, I'd just like whoever owns it to take their responsibilities seriously and keep it well maintained.

I mean, it's not so bad on Android. You actually have a choice of browsers, and they're actually different browsers. E.g my Samsung phone came with its own (shit) browser - I immediately installed Firefox.

The last time I used iPhone I was excited to see Firefox was a browser option... until I later found it was simply a Safari Skin. Further reading and I found all "custom" browser's on iPhone were basically a skin for Safari, perhaps with a few settings tweaked.

And finally, Google Chrome is cancer. The browser once loved by many, the browser that quite literally revolutionised the internet - now actively seemingly trying to rollback on a lot of its potential now it has such a huge market share.

Avoid Google Chrome, basically. Do yourself a favour and install Firefox (or any other non-chromium browser).