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Is Chrome being run so bad that we need even more committees, councils and bureaucrats to implement every single feature ? Microsoft is already using the Chrom
by gerash 2y ago
Is Chrome being run so bad that we need even more committees, councils and bureaucrats to implement every single feature ?
Microsoft is already using the Chromium and changing the default search engine to Bing and shipping it as Edge. What else is needed?
This DOJ looks like they just want to pad their resumes with some grandiose case which might be bad for everyone else.
- Sabinus 2y agoChrome isn't being run bad because of committee, it's being run bad because it's used by Google as part of their web advertising empire.
- concinds 2y agoNotice how their web advertising empire, which they do have a monopoly on (unlike Chrome), is not being broken up?
- shadowfacts 2y agoThere is a separate, ongoing antitrust lawsuit over Google’s adtech business. Closing arguments in that case are scheduled for Nov. 25, next week: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/google-antitrust-case-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/google-antitru...
- StrauXX 2y agoChrome is not run badly at all. But in its current state it gives Google the ability to singlehandedly dictate webstandards. Thats an issue.
- wbl 2y agoThat doesn't go away with not Google. It's the result of having a browser with such big market share.
- internet2000 2y agoI think the point is to stop adding more features. The web is feature complete, everything Google is adding is just stuff to make them more money through ads and lock in.
- csjh 2y agoThat's not true, plenty of great stuff is shipping every year. Take your pick: https://web.dev/series/baseline-newly-available https://web.dev/series/baseline-newly-available https://web.dev/blog/baseline2023 https://web.dev/blog/baseline2023
- nicoburns 2y agoThis is what Microsoft thought when they released IE6, and is why we ended up still supporting IE6 into the 2010s
- gerash 2y agois that based on feelings or facts?
- 05 2y agoOh come on, I for one am excited about the upcoming WebKmem API that allows random websites direct access to kernel memory..
- jonhohle 2y agoHow else are web devs supposed to write kernel modules?
- lxgr 2y agoThere’s nothing wrong at all with adding features as long as more than one browser/engine actually adopts them.
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoThere’s an argument to be made that a high pace of new feature additions effectively functions as a moat that ensures that new competitive web engines cannot be developed as a result of not being able to ever catch up.