Re:Hobson's Browser: How Apple, Facebook and Google broke th...
by musicale on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:06PM
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> A browser is an application that can register with an OS to handle http and https navigations by default.
A browser in 2021 is a full OS, data store, compiler, network API, runtime, virtual machine, application platform, and user environment. It should really be called a Web Operating System.
It's not surprising that Apple, Google, and Mozilla have very different visions of what they want in terms of a Web Operating System.
For example, Apple and Google have opposing interests on iOS. Apple generally benefits from replacing web apps with native apps, while Google generally benefits from replacing native apps with web apps. (Google's own apps might be an exception.)
Web developers may like (Google/Chrome's) PWAs, but they are not aligned with Apple's business interests (or their vision of user interface, responsiveness, power efficiency, privacy, etc.) any more than Flash was in 2010.
A browser in 2021 is a full OS, data store, compiler, network API, runtime, virtual machine, application platform, and user environment. It should really be called a Web Operating System.
It's not surprising that Apple, Google, and Mozilla have very different visions of what they want in terms of a Web Operating System.
For example, Apple and Google have opposing interests on iOS. Apple generally benefits from replacing web apps with native apps, while Google generally benefits from replacing native apps with web apps. (Google's own apps might be an exception.)
Web developers may like (Google/Chrome's) PWAs, but they are not aligned with Apple's business interests (or their vision of user interface, responsiveness, power efficiency, privacy, etc.) any more than Flash was in 2010.