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I don't think so. Chrome is already the most popular browser. If a website decides to use this they are just going to tell users to use Chrome. And then Chrome sustains its dominant position. It's the right strategy for them to further their dominance.

And the right way to think about it isn't other browsers. It's Google seeing what Apple is doing in iOS 18 and imitating that.



> It's the right strategy for them.

That's what people said about Internet Explorer


Which was only stopped by regulatory action which at the moment does not seem forthcoming. Would love to be wrong about that..


Of course. The right strategy for them is emphatically not the same as the right thing for users.




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