Chrome has such a market dominance that it effectively determines what 'fully featured' means. Regardless of what the specs say, if something works a certain wa

Chrome has such a market dominance that it effectively determines what 'fully featured' means. Regardless of what the specs say, if something works a certain way in Chrome the layman's expectation is that it should work the same way in every other browser. > What keeps developers from building an open source alternative? Well I can't speak for all software developers but I can tell you that for me the juice to squeeze ratio isn't in a good place. I already have a job and it takes up most of my time. The open source movement has turned out to be unsustainable in my eyes since its ideological roots are easily subverted by the project sponsors. Meanwhile commercial closed source software is only viable if you can find paying customers. Virtually no one is willing to shell out for a web browser since there are highly useful 'free' alternatives. Certainly I find it troubling that virtually all the data in the world is being collected, collated, and sold. Most folks don't seem to care enough about the privacy concerns to open up their wallets though. Google has effectively 'won' the browser wars barring a government solution. So why should I or any other software engineer enter into a David v. Goliath fight for virtually no pay or appreciation when I could go work on the next big web app and make a small fortune instead?