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by commieneko 5254 days ago
The writing was on the wall long before 2006.

Browser marketshare was only one metric for winning. Controlling the way browsers worked and how people used them was much more important. "Embrace, extend, extinguish" never got much farther than the first stage.

What's the point of doing all the work and paying for all the support if you can't control the game?