only firefox could remotely be said to be free chrome is google's tool to control browser apis and to fight apple (viz who is attempting to move app-like funct

only firefox could remotely be said to be free chrome is google's tool to control browser apis and to fight apple (viz who is attempting to move app-like functionality into the browser, vs who is keeping that inside apps for their leading app store). It also gives them various other capabilities: monitoring browsing (site suggestion), monitoring ssl cert corruption, etc. And it's their attempt to replace the OS with a browser ala chromeos. safari is similar: apple's ability to control the internet and how it evolves, including veto power over apis that strategically threaten their business so too ie/edge, both historically (stifling development of js and internet apis, activex) and now with their still leading os marketshare and even firefox only lives as long as yahoo, microsoft, or google find them useful, since one of those three basically pays all the bills with search revshare deals. So you could consider even ff as their bulwark against being recognized as a monopoly