Browser Wars

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    i've often why all these companies put so much effort into get us to use their browser. Why is there even a war on browsers?
    Is the for the Data they collect? What monetary benefits is there for the guys to develop this stuff and give it way for free?

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    • ...wonder why...

      shit a lot of errors up in this bitch      transmission
    • Prestige. Nobody will pay for a browser, but everyone wants to be known for having the most popular browser.i_monk
    • Lulz. It's not prestige. Google, Apple, Microsoft do not want to rely a competitor's product to access the web.nb
    • If you hold web market share, you can shape the web towards your own technologies.nb
    • Just look at Flash. Apple got the mobile market, then used that market share to remove Adobe from dictating tech trends.nb
    • they only removed Flash from their own platform, nobody else had to do the samemonospaced
    • Yes, of course. The point I'm making is that when you have the market share, you can shift technologies in your direction.nb
    • Are you unaware of internet protocol standards? MS tried deviated from HTML and lost their browser majority for it.i_monk
    • Yes, MS is super bad it. Google is much better. They're not shifting away from HTML standards. Far more subtle.nb
    • Google knows how to stay popular and mainstream while at the same time maximizing profits through advertising and data ownership.nb
    • When Apple launched iOS they didn't even have a small piece of the market share.monospaced
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