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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by xnx on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:38PM (#43862389)
> All for nothing, in the end even they had to give up and switch to white-label Chromium.

How is that a loss? All Microsoft wants is a controlled space to push their own products/services. Google gave them a tool to do just that for free. Microsoft would absolutely be writing its own (probably worse) browser if Google wasn't so generous to give them on without Microsoft having to incur any development cost.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by Nab443 on Friday May 02, 2025 @03:36PM (#43873850)
Don't say they were generous, that was a completely strategical move. By having more browser adopt their engine they can have a better control on ads and ensure they keep a way to profile users. Goal obviously shared with microsoft which knows the engine is in the best hands for their needs too.
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