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I don't particularly see a new large player come in the browser space, though. Creating a browser from scratch is a huge untertaking and the fact that everyone

by ygra 5y ago

I don't particularly see a new large player come in the browser space, though. Creating a browser from scratch is a huge untertaking and the fact that everyone except Google, Mozilla, and Apply have given up is testament to that. Edge (Legacy) was a decent browser, but keeping up even with still missing Web APIs proved too expensive (alongside fixing bugs). Safari may be in the same pickle these days with apparently a sizeable backlog of missing features and incompatible implementations. Granted, that may also be due to many developers assuming Chrome to be a reference implementation. If a new player comes along I'd guess it will be based on Blink, but they would probably need more resources than Google can throw at Chrome. And a way to finance them ... there's probably too few people willing to pay for a browser these days.

judge2020 5y ago
The point is that Google is managing their dominance properly, only really held off from >90% dominance by Apple's WebKit rule for iOS App Store apps.
- 323 5y ago
  You mean like disabling important functionality required by uBlock and other ad-blockers? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-st...
  - fomine3 5y ago
    I don't like but to be fair Safari do the same thing.
  - shadowgovt 5y ago
    Disabling functionality that allows attackers to backdoor changes to their plugin behavior in without getting the plugin re-vetted, yes.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  They said that about Facebook...
shadowgovt 5y ago
I don't think anyone saw Chrome coming until it blew up nearly overnight, if memory serves.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y ago
  They did, check out this article Browser Wars: The Sequel from 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150611210558/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_10/b4169074693523.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150611210558/https://www.bloom... It didn't blow up overnight, it was more like 3-4 years, but it was meteoric compared to what we were used to

by ygra 5y ago

judge2020 5y ago

The point is that Google is managing their dominance properly, only really held off from >90% dominance by Apple's WebKit rule for iOS App Store apps.

323 5y ago
You mean like disabling important functionality required by uBlock and other ad-blockers? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-st...
- fomine3 5y ago
  I don't like but to be fair Safari do the same thing.
- shadowgovt 5y ago
  Disabling functionality that allows attackers to backdoor changes to their plugin behavior in without getting the plugin re-vetted, yes.
kingcharles 5y ago
They said that about Facebook...

shadowgovt 5y ago

I don't think anyone saw Chrome coming until it blew up nearly overnight, if memory serves.

TAKEMYMONEY 5y ago
They did, check out this article Browser Wars: The Sequel from 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150611210558/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_10/b4169074693523.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150611210558/https://www.bloom... It didn't blow up overnight, it was more like 3-4 years, but it was meteoric compared to what we were used to