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by WheelsAtLarge 2116 days ago
Power. A huge amount of work is done in the browser. If you control what browser people use then you control how they use it and how developers program for it.

In the late 90's and early 2000's Internet Explore basically defined web standards. Once Microsoft decided on a new feature it became a strong candidate to be a new standard. It didn't always become a standard but developers were force to adapt their web pages to make sure they worked properly on IE. They want that power back.