4 ms·
Yes and no. If Google only wanted to hedge against IE they could have just contributed to Mozilla/Firefox. They clearly also wanted total control.
by vhold 6y ago
Yes and no. If Google only wanted to hedge against IE they could have just contributed to Mozilla/Firefox. They clearly also wanted total control.
- dao- 6y agoIn fact they did contribute to Firefox by paying engineers like Ben Goodger and Seth Spitzer, but clearly they weren't happy with that level of control. Goodger was lead developer for Firefox. They pulled all those people to work on Chrome instead, a step that immediately hurt Mozilla.
- 0xy 6y agoIf Google wanted to support open standards and reduce reliance on IE, they wouldn't have targeted Firefox customers with Chrome ads on YouTube and Google aggressively. Now, Firefox and Safari will protect customers against tracking (measures against third-party cookies) while Chrome won't do anything -- because that's where the cash is.