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Chrome currently has the largest amount of extensions, which is an advantage for that browser. Standardized WebExtensions dilute that, because they allow easy

by gcp 9y ago

Chrome currently has the largest amount of extensions, which is an advantage for that browser. Standardized WebExtensions dilute that, because they allow easy ports to the other browsers.

connorcpu 9y ago
I think the point is more, in what way does google have any power to stop other browsers from implementing this API?
- gcp 9y ago
  They don't. Unless you want to claim API's are copyrightable, but there are some downsides to that :-)