Some extent, but from my perspective Apple is just another company that’s moreįocused on advancing their own agenda than the well-being of their users or open One can argue that Safari is an alternative to Chrome, given the popularity ofĪpple’s devices and the massive resources of the company. Hands of the biggest advertising business on Earth? I’m pretty sure that I Do you want the future of browsing to lie solely in the Soon GoogleĪre going to be in complete control of web standards, unless somethingĭrastically changes. Sign in was broken on Firefox, but worked on Chrome-like browsers. Last week I saw one site that directly didn’t supportįirefox (it displayed a message I should switch to Chrome) and another where the That Chromium-based browsers are so common that developers just stopped to bother That it’s not the typical bazaar-like OSS project. We’reĮssentially left with only two major open-source browsers (Chromium andįirefox), and knowing that one of them is controlled by Google makes it clear I don’t know about you, but I find the list above quite depressing.

Its power (2002-2004) Internet Explorer held about 95% of the browser market. Even today they can do pretty much everything they want to, but thingsĬan get even worse if they get to 95%+ of Chromium market share. Their position and increases the influence they have over the future of web In the mean time every competitor that Google converts to Chromium strengthens Now when Opera is based on Chromium that’s a problem that solves itself and Opera’s team can focus solely on their browser’s UI/UX. The browser overall, I was often frustrated that some sites were broken with it, simply because few developers would bother to support a niche browser. A long time ago I was an Opera user for a while and despite loving In discussions about web standards and not have to deal with compatibility complaints. Of course, basing their products on Chromium makes a lot of sense for browser vendors - it’s significantly cheaper for them not to have to invest in their own engine, participate Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Market Share

Non chromium based browsers