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Google's control of the internet is exaggerated. Amazon is not dependent on any web browser to reach clients, they can just launch their own app and be done. An

Google's control of the internet is exaggerated. Amazon is not dependent on any web browser to reach clients, they can just launch their own app and be done. And yes, they can do it all platforms. How is Instagram dependent on whatever Google decides? How is Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat? How are streaming platforms dependent on Chrome? Big businesses with a ton of users easily launch their own apps to sidestep Chrome. And if Chrome makes fundamental breaks of HTML and CSS, then most of the internet is going to be broken in Chrome. If your bank website stops working in Chrome, they're not going to change their website. They're going to ask you to install another browser.

JTatts 3y ago
I can guarantee that if a bank website stops working in Chrome they will be instantly working around the clock to fix the website!
- carlosjobim 3y ago
  Or not? I remember when banks required you to have IE long after nobody was using IE. I remember when banks showed an alert against using Safari long after it became the most common mobile browser. Banks also have their own apps and are not dependent on Chrome.
  - bigfudge 3y ago
    That was in a time when expectations were low and all the banks were pretty equally crap. There are better choices now, and even my mum would be pissed off of her bank website didn’t work in her current browser.
    - carlosjobim 3y ago
      Would she be pissed off at A) The bank? B) The browser? C) The computer? D) Her internet provider? People can change browser more easily than changing banks. They can even have multiple different browsers on their machine, and one for only doing banking.
      - lp0_on_fire 3y ago
        For many people, the icon on the desktop they click isn't important. They just know when they click that icon, it brings them to "the internet". If she's one of those people, my guess is she blames the bank.
BlueTemplar 3y ago
The biggest companies might be immune, but anyone else's incentive is quite high to use Chromium (Electron) to build that app on.

JTatts 3y ago

I can guarantee that if a bank website stops working in Chrome they will be instantly working around the clock to fix the website!

carlosjobim 3y ago
Or not? I remember when banks required you to have IE long after nobody was using IE. I remember when banks showed an alert against using Safari long after it became the most common mobile browser. Banks also have their own apps and are not dependent on Chrome.
- bigfudge 3y ago
  That was in a time when expectations were low and all the banks were pretty equally crap. There are better choices now, and even my mum would be pissed off of her bank website didn’t work in her current browser.
  - carlosjobim 3y ago
    Would she be pissed off at A) The bank? B) The browser? C) The computer? D) Her internet provider? People can change browser more easily than changing banks. They can even have multiple different browsers on their machine, and one for only doing banking.
    - lp0_on_fire 3y ago
      For many people, the icon on the desktop they click isn't important. They just know when they click that icon, it brings them to "the internet". If she's one of those people, my guess is she blames the bank.

BlueTemplar 3y ago

The biggest companies might be immune, but anyone else's incentive is quite high to use Chromium (Electron) to build that app on.