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If Microsoft can get people to stop downloading Chrome on Windows then the new Edge may soon have higher market share than Chrome. At that point Microsoft can w
by petilon 8y ago
If Microsoft can get people to stop downloading Chrome on Windows then the new Edge may soon have higher market share than Chrome. At that point Microsoft can wrest control of Chromium from Google just like Google wrested control of Webkit from Apple, by forking it.
- h1d 8y agoHow do you even do that without getting sued?
- Majestic121 8y agoMake Edge good enough so that people don't bother downloading Chrome/Firefox
- me_love_animes 8y agoNever going to happen, the main reason I use Chrome on windows is to silence the non-stop Google 'Download Chrome' nag screens the whole open-web meme thing kind of needs to die anyway imo, it's not a good application platform
- basch 8y agoPeople are saying "how will this happen" BUT what this is really about is battery life. Microsoft is admitting it cant ship a stripped down copy of windows without Blink/V8 embedded as a library. Too many things (node, electron, browsers, etc) require Blink/V8, and if Microsoft wants to ship a Skinny Windows that is Battery Friendly, they need ONE copy of Blink. So eventually, what will happen is Microsoft moves towards the Apple route. "Windows Lite comes with OUR Blink/V8 and you can write a browser shell (also called a Chrome :) ) around it. Embrace > extend.