Magic Lasso suggests that Chrome might be the new IE
Magic Lasso suggests that Chrome might be the new IE
With a global browser market share of over 65%, Google’s Chrome has become the target of criticism and disdain, much like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer once was. Is Chrome facing similar challenges to Internet Explorer (IE) and will this lead to its downfall?
Bloated and complacent, Chrome might be on the path to playing the same role as IE was playing 15 years ago, shunned by developers and technologically inferior to other browsers.
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People are only realizing this today?
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Definitely a la IE
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Kinda fitting that Microsoft chose Chrome as the base for its Edge browser …
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They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).
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They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).
I know we live in a time of why-give-a-fuck-about-facts, but I see two 'relevant browsers' in the top ranking that are not chromium-based:
Chrome 66.68%
Safari 18.07%
Edge 5.25%
Firefox 2.65%
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Technologically inferior to other browsers? What other browsers? Firefox?
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Not to sound crazy but I have never heard of Magic lasso until today. Use Ublock origin on something Firefox based or go home.
They do have a point though
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The chrome monopoly is evil, but this is just copium.
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This is hilariously silly from a developer perspective because Safari exists. Safari is literally the bane of my existence in WebDev because it's usually the browser that does something weird and not according to standards (which is classically the IE problem). Apple WebKit has significantly deviated from KHTML/Blink in ways that are worse for developers. Chrome does inject defaults to standard interfaces to make websites "work better" where Firefox is much more strict about the standard.
To pretend that Chromium/Blink/V8 is worse than Firefox or any other competitor is just burying your head in the sand. Blink and V8 are extremely highly optimized and standards driven, there's a reason Node didn't choose SpiderMonkey. Dev Tools have significant difference in speed and usability, and I'm a Firefox daily driver and use it for development.
What Google is doing that's ridiculous and stupid is using it's weight to influence the design of Chromium such as the deprecation and removal of Manifest V2 to prevent adblockers under the guise of "safety" or whatever, as well as driving more telemetry and anti-features into the Chromium core product.
Also of course "MagicLasso" doesn't say Safari is the IE because it's a adblocker for Safari. lol