That's why it's good for Microsoft long term that they pull out of the html rendering business- they know they cant fight Google in any meaningful way because,

That's why it's good for Microsoft long term that they pull out of the html rendering business- they know they cant fight Google in any meaningful way because, well, Google has the monopoly on many Internet services and are able to "optimize" for their own experience. Even though it's good for Microsoft resource and focus wise, it's bad for the consumer. Supporting Firefox will become more important, like back in early 2000s.