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Every time this discussion appears on HN, the argument is that Gecko needs to exist because otherwise Blink will dominate, and Blink is overwhelmingly controlle
by tapoxi 5y ago
Every time this discussion appears on HN, the argument is that Gecko needs to exist because otherwise Blink will dominate, and Blink is overwhelmingly controlled by Google.
But I think that's the wrong solution, it just means that we need to decouple Blink from Google and put it in the hands of a neutral, nonprofit third-party. This is arguably what the Mozilla Foundation should have been.
- ptx 5y agoBoth Gecko and KHTML were already in the hands of neutral, nonprofit third parties from the start. But Apple wanted control to be entirely in their hands, so they forked WebKit from KHTML, and Google wanted control in their hands, so they forked Blink from WebKit.
- freediver 5y agoIf someone wants to make this argument, it is actually WebKit, not Gecko, that is currently the balancing act on the web. WebKit is about 18% and Gecko around 3% browser share (mostly thanks to iOS). Also WebKit is currently trending up (thanks to success of M1) and Gecko is trending lower.