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Right now Mozilla is in a deal with Google. If Firefox numbers drop below a threshold, we can only pray, Google doesn't alter the deal any further. Not to men
by Ygg2 8y ago
Right now Mozilla is in a deal with Google.
If Firefox numbers drop below a threshold, we can only pray, Google doesn't alter the deal any further.
Not to mention Google gets carte blanche to basically control Web Standards as they see fit, since they are the only implementer (that counts).
- Don't want PNaCl? Too bad.
- Dart on the Web? You can't remove it even if you want it. Oh and you better support it, cause if your browser doesn't have feature parity with Chrome, you are doomed.
- Rust in browser? You can only dream.
- Browsers that use more GPU and SIMD? Too much of a hassle.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Not to mention Google gets carte blanche to basically control Web Standards as they see fit, since they are the only implementer. Even if Firefox disappeared, Apple is still around.
- Ygg2 8y ago> Even if Firefox disappeared, Apple is still around. Apple cares about web in the same way Windows cared about web. They want to move you to their native silo apps (for windows it was Windows application). I.e. Apple wants to rename your Web Browser to App Store. It's already in some regards, the new IE.
- codezero 8y agoConflating the App Store to how Apple has developed WebKit is a huge distraction. If I were better at arguing on the Internet I’d cite some logical fallacy.
- tree_of_item 8y ago> Not to mention Google gets carte blanche to basically control Web Standards as they see fit People keep repeating this, but it is not true. I addressed this in my OP and yet here you are repeating it again. They do not get a free license to do whatever, because other people have the code. This is just so strange, I didn't expect the developer community to succumb to FUD and hysteria like this.