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> Firstly, a lot of web developers have stopped caring about the standards process. Whatever functionality Google adds is their definition of “the web”. Busine
by carlosjobim 1y ago
> Firstly, a lot of web developers have stopped caring about the standards process. Whatever functionality Google adds is their definition of “the web”.
Businesses who hire such web developers will lose huge amounts of sales, since 90% of visitors are on mobile and half of those are on Safari.
- JimDabell 1y agoHow do you think that’s going to play out once Apple are legally barred from mandating WebKit on iOS?
- pjmlp 1y agoWeb will finally become ChromeOS, takeover goal achieved.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoOr other engines gain a foothold and web devs have to go back to standards.
- JimDabell 1y agoWhich other engines? Why would they gain a foothold on iOS when they haven’t on desktop?
- carlosjobim 1y agoI think most people will continue using the default Safari browser.
- internet2000 1y agoThat’s not how it played out on desktop and it isn’t how it will play out on mobile.
- immibis 1y agoI use Chrome on Android because it's the default browser and I'm lazy, not because I actually like it. When a phone forces me to choose one I'm not very likely to choose Chrome. It's going to be the same for iOS users.