I would have preferred Rust, a language created by Mozilla instead of one with ties to Apple, but I’m not a dev so I can’t really judge. What are your thoughts?
I would have preferred Rust, a language created by Mozilla instead of one with ties to Apple, but I’m not a dev so I can’t really judge. What are your thoughts?
I agree with what you said but there is next to no chance a new browser engine from scratch will be able to challenge Blink’s dominance.
Google’s power comes from a combination of unfortunate factors. They have limitless money to support Chrome’s development. They are one of the biggest vendors of online services. They are one of the biggest drivers of new web standard adoption.
Breaking this monopoly will require regulation and enforcement, not a “tech visionary” and a GitHub co-founder playing hero.
The alternatives have to exist first before the monopoly can break. One doesn’t have to think the browser will singlehandedly change the entire browser space to be hyped about more alternatives. I am just excited to see some amount of motion in opposition to the decline into the google-net. Not that this is the only thing happening but it is an interesting one that I hope pans out.
But alternatives already exist in the form of Safari and Firefox.