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This is completely anecdotal, and maybe I’m the only one, but native browsers have become so good that I’ve gone from decades of using Netscape/Firefox/opera/ch
by moksly 6y ago
This is completely anecdotal, and maybe I’m the only one, but native browsers have become so good that I’ve gone from decades of using Netscape/Firefox/opera/chrome/whatever to mainly using Edge and Safari. I don’t really need to share a profile between my browsers as I use windows at work and Mac/iOS for personal use.
We’ve gotten to a point in time where the browser is simply really good, and I think that simply makes it hard to make a living if your primary product is a browser.
Even Microsoft abandoned having their own because they no longer needed it to be completely their own to sell their products.
- pjmlp 6y agoThey abandoned it because Edge team got tired to play catch-up, while still fixing IE 11 bugs. Slowly but steady we will start seeing ads for Chrome developers instead of Web developer, ChromeOS has won.
- wyclif 6y agoJust the other day I saw a job opening for a "Chrome developer." First time I've seen that, and I thought to myself, "wow, we've really turned a corner..."