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How is it all but impossible for companies to create viable competitors to chrome, exactly?
by endisneigh 5y ago
How is it all but impossible for companies to create viable competitors to chrome, exactly?
- rsstack 5y agoThat "or" wasn't meant as "both" or to opine on which one it is. I personally believe the way Google operate Chrome is one of the reasons it is all but impossible to seriously compete with Google Search. But I'm not the judge.
- Natfan 5y agoTry making a web browser that supports Widevine (Google's DRM for web browsers) and see how far you get. Back in 2019, someone tried exactly this and was blocked by Google as they didn't want another web browser on the market: https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/google-widevine-blocked-my-browser/ https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/google-widevine-blocked...
- endisneigh 5y agoDoes edge, brave and Firefox all support it?
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- remram 5y agoBrave is based on Chromium, Edge is migrating to Chromium.
- endisneigh 5y agoSo? The grandparent was also chromium.
- remram 5y agoGood point, if building on Chromium you still need to get approved by Google for Widevine.
- Izikiel43 5y agoGoogle made its sites work slower on Edge, and Microsoft got tired of playing catch up: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-to-fix-slow-edge-youtube https://www.windowscentral.com/how-to-fix-slow-edge-youtube If a company the size of Microsoft decided to throw the towel and use chromium instead of their own thing, what can you expect an startup to do?