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Can you give an example of such privileges?

Support for web extensions as an example (Safari extensions)

Doesn't Kagi for iOS support web extensions already?

Not yet. The support is very limited.

Safari's rendering and JavaScript engines are the only ones allowed to run on, or be distributed to, iOS.

That is technically WebKit, which is open source.

Try to bundle your own WebKit with an app and see what happens.