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by CapacitorSet 3138 days ago
>I want there to be CENTRALIZED COLLABORATION on a platform, and not competition (eg of browser makers)

>only one major browser

>nothing is RESTRICTED from people and they are free to try new things

What happens when one does a new attempt at a browser, that cannot be merged into the original major browser when it gets big enough?

For a simple example, suppose Google Chrome was the only major browser in such a model. One day, someone decides that C++ is too prone to vulnerabilities, and creates a new browser, called Firefox, based on Rust (on an entirely new codebase). What will happen when Firefox becomes sufficiently large to be considered major?

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If it can't get merged due to something fundamental, then it can be a competitor. But that's a very rare case. The vasy majority of extensions are eminently able to be incorporated into the core.