I've always looked at their "soft projects" like Golang, HTTP3, QUIC and I guess, Mozilla, as purely ways for them to influence technology in ways that profit t

I've always looked at their "soft projects" like Golang, HTTP3, QUIC and I guess, Mozilla, as purely ways for them to influence technology in ways that profit their motives, rather than contributing for the sake of improving the industry. It's the long game for them, and it seems to be effective.