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grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe “standard” is ostensibly the HTML spec and such, but in reality whatever Chrome (and Firefox/Safari) renders is the standard.
This is why it’s vitally important to use FIrefox rather than any Chromium-based browser (even ostensibly “degoogled” ones), BTW: we need a robust diversity of browser engines to prevent Google from having hegemony over web standards.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TBH 2-3 would be good, since each browser takes a monumental amount of effort/money to optimize.
Like, my best case somewhat plausible scenario would be Apple (and maybe some other vested interests?) merging Firefox and Safari into one open source effort that can keep up with Google (with Safari being a “branded” Firefox). There just isn’t enough money for a couple of open efforts to keep up with Chromium.