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>>dochtm+(OP)
We don't have to speculate, we've been through this already during the IE4 to IE6 era.

Microsoft just did whatever they wanted with the web "platform", and so will Google.

In Microsoft's case what they wanted was nothing. They weren't a web business, saw it as a threat to their platform leverage, and so just left it abandoned and stagnant for years.

Google is simultaneously better and worse: they won't leave it stagnant because the web is their platform, but on the other hand they have a lot more to gain by abusing control of it.

>>paol+B6
It's a blessing and a curse, because since Google only builds web and mobile apps, it means their web apps that require specific features will have to be updated in the browser, so indirectly we got amazing tech like Slack and Discord out of it.

>>gianca+2K
Some of Google's web apps (for example: Stadia) only work on Chrome, so this doesn't always help anyone else.

>>FartyM+jg1
If it doesn't run on Firefox, you're not getting my visit. That is sad, but its always the case when they introduce bleeding edge features, whats even worse is people've been able to make Google "Chrome Only" Google Apps work with Firefox if you lie about your web browser agent.