> Google just wants browsers to become more powerful cuz then more people will use Chromebooks.
This has little to do with Chromebooks. Google just want to be the single purveyor of the web, period. They already have the most popular browser. Firefox and Safari fought them on quite a few fronts [1]. Then Edge became Chrome. Now Mozilla basically laid off everyone. Safari only exists on MacOS and iPhones (a large market, yes, but small in the grand scheme of things).
Chrome will only accelerate its blatant disregard of anyone and push more and more internally developed barely tested crap.
[1] https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ scroll down to harmful. Of course, many of those considered harmful are already implemented in Chrome. WebUSB, enabled by default in Chrome 61. Signed HTTP Exchanges, enabled by default in Chrome 73. Media Feeds, enabled by default in Chrome 85. And so on
This has little to do with Chromebooks. Google just want to be the single purveyor of the web, period. They already have the most popular browser. Firefox and Safari fought them on quite a few fronts [1]. Then Edge became Chrome. Now Mozilla basically laid off everyone. Safari only exists on MacOS and iPhones (a large market, yes, but small in the grand scheme of things).
Chrome will only accelerate its blatant disregard of anyone and push more and more internally developed barely tested crap.
[1] https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ scroll down to harmful. Of course, many of those considered harmful are already implemented in Chrome. WebUSB, enabled by default in Chrome 61. Signed HTTP Exchanges, enabled by default in Chrome 73. Media Feeds, enabled by default in Chrome 85. And so on