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> Chromium, Safari, Firefox. And a longtail of half implemented alternatives. But the point is that there are 3 independent browser engines that are fairly wide
by ghusto 2y ago
> Chromium, Safari, Firefox. And a longtail of half implemented alternatives. But the point is that there are 3 independent browser engines that are fairly widely used.
Come on, you can't say that with a straight face.
Safari exists because Apple has a monopoly on iOS traffic, and therefore an financially significant portion of mobile traffic. As soon as their rigid fingers are pried loose of that (which we're seeing the beginnings of), that's gone.
Firefox is great, and I use it, but it has an insignificant market share.
The "longtail of half implemented alternatives" are by definition not alternatives.
- kolinko 2y agoI switched to Safari from Chrome on MacOS and never looked back. Way faster and kinder to battery. Also, it doesn’t push Google or any other login onto me.
- tonyedgecombe 2y ago>As soon as their rigid fingers are pried loose of that (which we're seeing the beginnings of), that's gone. It would be rather ironic if that leads to less browser choice and us all being slightly worse off.
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- netdevphoenix 2y agoFirefox only exists because Google needs an alternative to pretend its not a part of a duopoly. That alternative doesn't have to be Firefox tbh. They could stop sponsoring and choose any of the thousands of alternatives. Similarly Safari exists because Apple has exclusive control of what goes in iPhones. If it is ever forced by legislation to open it up to other browsers, it will lose some of that control. I don't think it will ever be forced to fully open though. I expect apple to make it so only a select number of entities can afford to release a true Safari competitor.