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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by selfhoster11 on Monday February 14, 2022 @04:35PM (#30338709)
They don't have to be a good steward. They can simply be a good-enough steward until they kill off all remaining competition (of which - hey, only Firefox is left!), then they can coast on minimum effort for as long as it takes for the web to die off and for the app-ification process of everything to complete. Then they can move on to greater, bolder things.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by kitsunesoba on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:34PM (#30339351)
Exactly. Once there’s nothing but Chrome, there can never be another significant challenger because the barrier to entry is too high.

Additionally, even in the situation that Google is a “good steward”, their total dominance means that there is no room for meaningfully different visions of the web to compete, which is very bad.

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