I think starting that war will just end up putting users (especially unknowledgable users) at greater risk. Think about it from a layperson's perspective. A br

I think starting that war will just end up putting users (especially unknowledgable users) at greater risk. Think about it from a layperson's perspective. A browser maker is saying that the security software isn't secure, but the maker of the security software whose entire company is formed around security says it's fine. Which would you believe if you didn't have the knowledge you have? In the end, if browsers started this fight publicly, AV vendors might start "making" their own browsers which are horribly insecure (Comodo does exactly that already, and about a year ago they shipped it with the same-origin policy disabled [0]). Not to mention that uninstalling/removing AV software is difficult at best and impossible at the worst (If norton is on a machine, i'm reinstalling the OS, because I don't think there's another way to get it off of there), and in some cases people have paid money for their AV through shady upsells and FUD. And they aren't going to give up their paid software (and in their heads their security) for a free browser when there are several others to choose from. It's a shitty situation all around. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11021633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11021633