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by mrtksn 1470 days ago
Okay, check out Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Exterminate strategy and I hope you understand what's the problem of having a dominant platform that does it's own thing instead of abiding by the standards. Now Chrome is in the "Extend" stage and obviously you don't feel any pain but if Google chooses to take another step, then you will feel it.

Maybe they never will do it but I simply don't want Google has the option to go to the next step.
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traveler01 1470 days ago
Google obviously has to gain by doing that, but not as much as Microsoft had. I mean, IE could run basically on one platform, which was Windows, so it makes sense Microsoft forced people to create dependency on IE.

I'm more concerned about Apple nowadays, they're doing everything to keep people locked down on their own ecosystem.

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mrtksn 1470 days ago
It's not obvious to me, Google has everything to gain by going evil. Google has power to choose how privacy will be managed, they can choose to kill Facebook(not that I'm fan of FB, but still).

Apple makes a lot of money but Apple is an underdog with it's tiny market share. Apple can and does evil stuff but it's nothing compared to the potential of Google.

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traveler01 1470 days ago
What you fear from Google it's what Apple's already doing. With their new iOS 15 privacy settings they are hurting Facebook (and other companies that rely on your data pretty bad). I mean, I don't feel sorry for Facebook or whatever company profits from your private data, but you can see how damage Apple can already do.
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mrtksn 1470 days ago
What's your argument? Have the Apple's AppStore model on the Web and governed by Google.

No thanks. Apple might be in their rights to control their own platform but I like my Web free, not wholly owned by Google or anyone else.

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