[lukan]

"Chrome was critical in unblocking the use of Linux on desktop."

Sure, but it was about more people using the internet in general.

The very small minority using linux desktop (hello, I am among them) could and did use the internet before chrome.

And from a technical point of view, I do love chrome dev tools. But that is besides the point.

[mopenstein]

Isn't Android Linux based? The development of chrome on desktop Linux have any benefits for mobile Linux?

[lukan]

The other way around.

"development of chrome on desktop Linux have any benefits for mobile Linux?"

Android is the big market, that gets prime support.

Otherwise android and linux desktop just share the kernel (and not even the same one).

So the developement of chrome on android probably makes it a bit easier to target linux desktop, but not much.

(I still don't have WebGPU on my linux desktop but since quite a while on my old android phone)

[Izkata]

Dolphin Browser was the go-to in the late 2000s for Android.