[troupo]

> to switch to Blink, working together with Google making an alternate browser engine for iOS.

How is switching to Blink, a Google-controlled engine, supposed to help creating an "alternative engine"?

[charcircuit]

Because Blink is an alternate engine to Webkit.

[troupo]

Fully controlled and developed by Google.

So what would Firefox (or anyone) gain by Firefox ditching their engine and helping Google?

[charcircuit]

I was suggesting Mozilla could help with the development. Firefox gains an engine that has a lot of other engineering hours being invested into it that can fulfill their needs.

[troupo]

Mozilla already has an engine with a lot of engineering hours invested in it and that fulfills their need.

How does helping Google maintain their dominance help Mozilla?

[charcircuit]

Gecko doesn't support ios, so it wouldn't fulfill their needs here. Since Blink is known for being easier to embed then Gecko I think it would be easier for Firefox to move from Webkit to Blink than to Gecko.

Google's dominance is due to Chrome's market share. Using their browser engine doesn't affect their dominance.

[troupo]

> Gecko doesn't support ios, so it wouldn't fulfill their needs here.

Chrome doesn't support iOS either

> Google's dominance is due to Chrome's market share. Using their browser engine doesn't affect their dominance.

"Using a competitor's browser engine and thereby further cementing that browser's dominance doesn't affect dominance"