The last thing Google would want is the web to turn into a Chrome platform. Unlike with Microsoft or even Apple, their source of revenue is web, and they they are doing everything in their capacity for this platform to win. This is exactly why they open-sourced most of Chrome and almost fully finance Chrome's biggest competitor.

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pjmlp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They already did, Safari is the only one left standing, by the market share.

Plus all the Electron crap that gets shoved as "native".

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input_sh 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The only reason Safari has any market share is because it's the default on every iPhone.

4/5 top browsers by market share are there because they are preinstalled on millions of devices and none of them are terrible enough for an average person to look for an alternative.

	▲	pjmlp an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed, otherwise the only thing left would be ChromeOS Platform and its forks.

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godelski 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

An alternative explanation is they fund Mozilla to avoid a monopoly breakup. The evidence? The fact that everyone currently knows exactly how much Google pays Mozilla because of the recent attempt to do a monopoly breakup.