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I’m just as much a Firefox fan as anyone, and I use Firefox exclusively on desktop, even going around explaining the benefits, etc. to others. That said, as mu

I’m just as much a Firefox fan as anyone, and I use Firefox exclusively on desktop, even going around explaining the benefits, etc. to others. That said, as much as I have complaints about Safari, if this spreads beyond the EU, that’s practically handing Chrome a monopoly on a silver platter. What’s to stop them? I would just like to retroactively reply to the objection that the government can just antitrust regulate Google. Ignoring my general distrust of large-scale government regulation on a free market, I would like to point out how long it took the EU to implement these changes since Apple started these behaviors. If Chrome does obtain a monopoly, we’re looking at years before the government even does anything.

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago
>That said, as much as I have complaints about Safari, if this spreads beyond the EU, that’s practically handing Chrome a monopoly on a silver platter. >Ignoring my general distrust of large-scale government regulation on a free market. So, free market is fine until free market(the users that will install and use Chrome because it's better than Safari) does something you think it's bad.
- kingsleyopara 3y ago
  That’s assuming the free market is what drives users to chrome and not: This browser is unsupported, switch to Chrome now
  - rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago
    This is not assuming anything, Chrome has the market share it has because it's an better browser than any alternative.
  - amusingimpala75 3y ago
    Yeah this is what I was intending. I don’t have a problem with individuals using Chrome (I think it’s a bad choice overall but it’s their choice). However “YouTube works best in Chrome” and “GMail works best in Chrome” because they depend on some tracking API, it’s not really the choice of the user anymore. Good thing WebDRM got delayed ‘cause I don’t want to install Chrome just to use my banking app.
    - rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago
      Chrome's market share it's not because Youtube does not work in Firefox/Safari(it works) or because of any scare tactics Google uses.
- amusingimpala75 3y ago
  I think that monopolies are generally bad for the user, but I don’t think that government regulation is the proper solution.
kccqzy 3y ago
iOS users overwhelmingly prefer Safari. Chrome's market share on iOS is very low and allowing Chrome their own rendering engine isn't going to meaningfully change anything.

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago

>That said, as much as I have complaints about Safari, if this spreads beyond the EU, that’s practically handing Chrome a monopoly on a silver platter. >Ignoring my general distrust of large-scale government regulation on a free market. So, free market is fine until free market(the users that will install and use Chrome because it's better than Safari) does something you think it's bad.

kingsleyopara 3y ago
That’s assuming the free market is what drives users to chrome and not: This browser is unsupported, switch to Chrome now
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago
  This is not assuming anything, Chrome has the market share it has because it's an better browser than any alternative.
- amusingimpala75 3y ago
  Yeah this is what I was intending. I don’t have a problem with individuals using Chrome (I think it’s a bad choice overall but it’s their choice). However “YouTube works best in Chrome” and “GMail works best in Chrome” because they depend on some tracking API, it’s not really the choice of the user anymore. Good thing WebDRM got delayed ‘cause I don’t want to install Chrome just to use my banking app.
  - rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago
    Chrome's market share it's not because Youtube does not work in Firefox/Safari(it works) or because of any scare tactics Google uses.
amusingimpala75 3y ago
I think that monopolies are generally bad for the user, but I don’t think that government regulation is the proper solution.

kccqzy 3y ago

iOS users overwhelmingly prefer Safari. Chrome's market share on iOS is very low and allowing Chrome their own rendering engine isn't going to meaningfully change anything.