Genuine question: how do you reconcile a desire for a “liver ecosystem” with backing Chromium/WebKit?
I never thought I’d be backing Apple, but at this point I’m hoping that safari remains independent of Google to provide some decentralization.
I never thought I’d be backing Apple, but at this point I’m hoping that safari remains independent of Google to provide some decentralization.
You got this wrong. Currently it's Chrome that pushes its own standards at neck-breaking speed with utter disregard to any objections. For example, all of the standards that Mozilla considers harmful are enabled by default in Chrome. Or standards that both Safari and Mozilla consider woefully under-specced or badly implemented? Well, Chrome ships them to Google's own teams and then refuses to hide them back under a flag.
Apple may not give enough resources to Safari, that's true. But don't for a second assume that Apple is unequivocally bad and Google is unequivocally good when it comes to the web. I'll take Safari over Google any day of the week.