From TFA:

>> "For developers, it’s one less browser engine to worry about"

>> "For the open web: it’s complicated. If I were to put on the hat of a pragmatic developer, I fail to see the big gain in having competing browser engines."

The author does not understand web standards and probably doesn't remember IExplorer's monopoly and the era of "works best in IExplorer" websites. And what fewer and fewer people remember is that IExplorer 5 was the best browser of its generation, the Chrome of its days.

And actually I fail to see what this article is doing on HN. Surely there must be better rants around.