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Are you making a good faith suggestion that it's possible to build a business around a browser extension and not support Google Chrome? They have something lik
by AlphaWeaver 6y ago
Are you making a good faith suggestion that it's possible to build a business around a browser extension and not support Google Chrome?
They have something like 70% market share dude...
- qznc 6y agoI believe the suggestion is to incorporate this "bully risk" in your business plan. Some business models might not be profitable anymore if you do this. Others just need additional diversification or more risk capital.
- hedora 6y agoChrome’s market share would drop if extension authors moved to an alternative. As it is, it sounds like Google’s doing this itself by breaking popular extensions.
- AlphaWeaver 6y agoI think you overestimate the percentage of Chrome users who use Chrome for the extensions rather than other reasons ("it's fast", "it's what I'm used to", "I like Google", "Firefox is weird")
- csallen 6y agoThere's no way that any of this is going to meaningfully affect Chrome's market share.
- dgoldstein0 6y agomaybe what we're really seeing is an alternative - users don't care enough about the quality of the extensions ecosystem. Otherwise browsers should be racing to have the best extension ecosystem.