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Yeah, I'm not even a web dev, but even I can see that Google wants to make the web stack ever more complicated and is has been good at getting what it wants. I
by hollerith 2y ago
Yeah, I'm not even a web dev, but even I can see that Google wants to make the web stack ever more complicated and is has been good at getting what it wants.
I always thought they do that to make it more expensive for anyone to compete with them. E.g., want to introduce a new operating systems for phones? No one will use it unless it has a web browser. So you have to hire a thousand expensive developers to create and maintain the browser (or maybe somehow induce Mozilla to port Firefox to it, which would probably also be expensive).
- troupo 2y agoThey also do it depending on who wins internal turf wars. When Chrome/ChromeOS wins, we get a hundred hardware APIs. When ads win (they always win) we get FLOC and other bullcrap. etc.
- bigyabai 2y agoI don't think there would be demand for extraneous web APIs if the native ones were a good enough replacement. Kinda feels like the fault of OEMs for driving people to the web for good content.
- immibis 2y agoAll web APIs are built on the corresponding native APIs - there's no secret bypass mechanism.
- acka 2y agoSounds very similar to the practice of "Embrace, extend, and extinguish".