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I'm quite certain Apple would have continued their browser engineering and security efforts with or without Google. In the first place, Chromium was a fork of W
by kevingadd 1y ago
I'm quite certain Apple would have continued their browser engineering and security efforts with or without Google. In the first place, Chromium was a fork of WebKit (which itself is derived from the work of the KHTML team). Apple values the security of their iOS users a lot so they wouldn't have just sat around and watched them get exploited.
It's true that Google 'got there first' on a lot of stuff and that groups like Project Zero do incredible work but the idea that we'd be nowhere without Google is a bit silly.
- creato 1y agoAs of 2023 Apple had done very little of this to iMessage, a far simpler app than a browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37425007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37425007
- abhisek 1y agoAgreed that Apple would have continued browser engineering and focused on security as well in response to attack techniques. I am not suggesting that browsers would not evolve without Google. I am looking at the impact on web today. Perhaps new technologies will emerge, perhaps browser development will adopt different model or perhaps native apps will get a boost.
- amadeuspagel 1y agoApple doesn't invest sufficient resources in Safari even with Google's competition and support[1]. [1]: https://webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/history-of-safari-show-stoppers/ https://webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/history-of-safari-show...
- lamp_book 1y agoThat would be because they aren’t meaningfully competing here. They both profit tremendously by the status quo and so do not step on each other’s toes.