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> Google apps are going to be strongly accelerating Blink/Chrome hegemony Because they give the user choice? Again, this isn't just a problem with the "defaul
by concinds 4y ago
> Google apps are going to be strongly accelerating Blink/Chrome hegemony
Because they give the user choice?
Again, this isn't just a problem with the "default browser settings pane". The first time an iOS user clicks a link, the OS should give them a list of all major browsers (like Windows XP was forced to by the EU) so that no browser is favored over another. That would be fair.
Google's browser menu isn't a response to Apple's unfair default browser setting practices, but to Apple bundling Safari with iOS and unfairly advantaging it. Platform owners' browsers should ideally not be inherently favored, regardless of the platform's marketshare.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoIf they're pushing a browser that the user doesn't have installed, it's more than giving the user choice, it's blatant cross-promotion. As I said, the UI iOS provides should be fixed (including a selector when the user taps a link) but at the same time, Google should not be able to use the install base of its various other apps to bolster adoption of Chrome.