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by greiskul 248 days ago
The reason Microsoft held the web back is because it saw it has a potential threat to it's dominance as the main platform for applications.

And if you are actually concerned about the future of the web, instead of it's past, I would more concerned with Apple holding back development on Safari, to make people focus on writing native apps for mobile. There are so many apps that in the past would be websites, but end up being natively coded because that's the only way to get a good customer experience in mobile.
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hbn 247 days ago
You're worried about Safari in the browser space? It's the only browser that's holding back a near 100% monopoly from Google at the moment.

If Apple gets forced to allow other browser engines on iOS, it's game over. Google wins the web forever.

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1718627440 247 days ago
> And if you are actually concerned about the future of the web

>I would more concerned with Apple holding back development on Safari

I think they are more concerned with the future of the web due to Google and so am I.

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