On the first point, Google learned from Microsoft that they should make the standards instead of extending them. Extensions just lead to court dates. On the se

On the first point, Google learned from Microsoft that they should make the standards instead of extending them. Extensions just lead to court dates. On the second point, a couple of decades ago, "open sores" were things you didn't talk about in polite company. Microsoft offered the dominant platforms on the insignificant web and also the incredibly important office apps and the only OS most people used. And this was before mobile was part of most people's lives. Today's FAANG was then's Microsoft.