While technically somewhat a valid concern, vendor lock in on an OS level has never been Googles MO. Quite the opposite actually: The more the merrier. Every G

While technically somewhat a valid concern, vendor lock in on an OS level has never been Googles MO. Quite the opposite actually: The more the merrier. Every Google service (Maps, Docs, Mail, Drive, Calendar, Analytics Admin etc ppt) works in all major browsers. You might get the best out-of-the-box UX with their offerings in Chrome because authentication/authorisation is handled on an app level, but other than that there's really nothing stopping you from using, say, their spreadsheets in Safari. The fact that they kind of own TC39 while also actually owning the browser with the largest market share is not optimal on many, many levels, but, frankly, the risk of them pushing a hard lock in on any level, to me, is negligible. They're monetising telemetry and ultimately don't care where that's coming from. Edit: Typo and Grammar