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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by Sleepytime on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:11PM (#27506885)
In practice when Mozilla is the only real competition to Chrome and wouldn't exist without Google's funding, it's a conflict of interest regardless.

All it does is make the situation more 'death by a thousand papercuts' than any single standard/extension.

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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by dfabulich on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:15PM (#27506941)
> Mozilla is the only real competition to Chrome

Apple is the only real competition to Chrome. Apple has 18% market share, compared to Mozilla's 3%. https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by Sleepytime on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:22PM (#27507016)
I don't consider a closed source browser on equal footing. Is there a safari equivalent to chromium?
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by corobo on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:51PM (#27508143)
It still has market share no matter how open or closed it is lmao
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by samatman on Monday June 14, 2021 @05:58PM (#27508839)
Not entirely, but sort of.

https://webkit.org

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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by marcthe12 on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:12PM (#27510568)
Safari has an open source browser engine which is also used by gtk and gnome(Gnome Web)
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by dmitriid on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:15PM (#27506939)
And the only reason Google sponsors them is to pretend there's competition.
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