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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by lionkor on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:47AM (#46488449)
> Google has a lot more incentive than Apple to make the fastest engine

What are those incentives? I see no incentive for Google to make something fast.

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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by gurgunday on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:54AM (#46488515)
A significant part of Google’s business (Ads, YouTube, Workspace) runs inside a browser, so if the web is slow, Google loses money
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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by johannes1234321 on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:28AM (#46489480)
What are the marginal gains in business for them from the likely improvement of the runtime? It's not like the web (or: web-technology-based apps) don't capture a lot of time already.
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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by Octoth0rpe on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:07AM (#46489252)
And the faster that a page finishes rendering on an iphone, the faster that the cpu can idle, which hugely benefits battery life. That's a pretty strong motivation on Apple's side. I don't think the proposed motivation on google's side is stronger.
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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by charcircuit on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:52AM (#46488490)
Faster page load times increases engagement with the web. More engagement on the web leads to more engagement with Google's ads.
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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by lionkor on Monday January 05, 2026 @04:58AM (#46496999)
I don't agree. Page load times do not matter when everything is so locked down that most people don't even know there's an alternative.
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Re:JavaScript engines zoo – Compare every JavaScript engine by aurareturn on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:27AM (#46509645)
But this was always true. True for last 40 years.

What’s changed in 2026 that will motivate Google to overtake JSCore?

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