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Still, you have the choice to uninstall chrome and use Firefox which uses its own engine. On IOS you can't, its just a reskin. So chrome market dominance is no
by jacooper 4y ago
Still, you have the choice to uninstall chrome and use Firefox which uses its own engine.
On IOS you can't, its just a reskin.
So chrome market dominance is not comparable to a bad browser existing because its just the only choice, that's more like IE.
- fleddr 4y agoYou're right when framed within the context of the Apple ecosystem. I was merely making the point that Chrome's dominance is not based on merit (alone). It's a lie, and a very relevant one. If Apple were to open up browser competition on iOS, Google can/will use their enormous reach to destroy the "last man standing"...Safari. I'm not at all defending Apple, I'm merely pointing out that even if for selfish reasons, iOS Safari truly is the last browser in existence that acts as a counter force against Google doing whatever the hell they want regarding the web and web standards. It's a perverted dynamic, but a lack of competition has an upside here. The downside is that this reduced competition means the gap with native apps can't be closed. I consider that to be a massive stake too. Even within Google there's friction between the Android and Chrome teams regarding this matter. The incentives are really complex.