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Re:EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, ... by MatthiasPortzel on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:19PM (#31996315)
“They certainly have the money to keep pace with Chrome”

This point has been made before. But Chrome is a moving target. I actually am skeptical that Apple can spend more money on WebKit than Google can on Blink.

The way Chrome rose to prominence was by implement brand-new web standards faster than anyone else. If the question is only, “what engine supports the most websites,” I suspect Chrome will increase their development pace in order to try to extend their lead.

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Re:EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, ... by bageljr on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:43AM (#31996820)
Isn't that a good thing? Like I'm a full time firefox user but what you're saying is "Google and Apple will fund development of web browsers/engines that support new APIs to outcompete each other"
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Re:EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, ... by theshrike79 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @02:26AM (#31997446)
Chrome is the new Internet Explorer. They have a ridiculous market share.

It's not about standards, it's about being Chrome-compatible.

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