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Re:Google has removed the option to disable autoplay from Mo... by pb7 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:21AM (#24408647)
It did well enough until there was real competition? Firefox is only alive from fat Google Search checks. It’s a great example of a massive failure in this charity business model.
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Re:Google has removed the option to disable autoplay from Mo... by josefx on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:59AM (#24409672)
Given that Microsoft almost killed the entire browser industry just by releasing IE it is quite a success to be around decades later.

> It did well enough until there was real competition

"Real" competition doesn't have to artificially cripple high profile sites to compete. The chrome style of competition gave us ShadowDom v0 on youtube, disappearing features in maps and gmail, empty html elements that only seemed to be there to prevent Edge from accelerating video playback and constant popups reminding users to "upgrade" to Chrome.

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