[Zambyte]

> Their browser engine is hard to compete with because it is very good, their web standards are hard to compete with because they are largely appropriate.

Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say "good" and "appropriate"? Good for whom? Appropriate why?

[Terr_]

Not OP, but the subtext I got was that Google--as a browser vendor--doesn't usually push features/standards so obviously broken/harmful that the rest of the ecosystem rebels.

[Zambyte]

Not usually, but here is one fairly recent and high profile counter example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity

[JimDabell]

They’ve done this repeatedly – WebUSB, Web Bluetooth, WebMIDI, and AMP, off the top of my head. Time and time again, Google have pushed a spec that both Mozilla and Apple reject on privacy or security grounds.

[marcosdumay]

I agree it looks like what the OP is saying. And I do agree with the siblings, in that it's completely wrong.

You could have said the same about IE during most of the time it lead, with the exact same rationale.