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Actually if someone trustworthy could take care of developing the browser engine everyone else could develop the browsers around it. Not sure if it would be a
by eitland 6y ago
Actually if someone trustworthy could take care of developing the browser engine everyone else could develop the browsers around it.
Not sure if it would be a good idea, but absolutely an interesting one.
My biggest issue with the idea is how we can ensure that a single browser engine isn't manipulated into a tool for power hugry politicians and the increasingly problematic media industry.
- sanxiyn 6y agoWebKit was that engine, shared by Chrome and Safari. In retrospect WebKit age was the golden age of web browsers.
- Santosh83 6y ago> My biggest issue with the idea is how we can ensure that a single browser engine isn't manipulated into a tool for power hugry politicians and the increasingly problematic media industry. With a single engine diversity is already dead. But one can argue you can still build shallow or deep skins on top, but the problem of default bundling with devices is harder to solve. That's really where Chrome got the clinching edge over Firefox.