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> You know most of consumer apps everybody uses are closed-source, right?

You know that web browsers is not your typical "consumer app" right? And none of the current popular browser engines are closed-source.

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You won't go far with Chromium or WebKit on their own, and Firefox remains to be seen if it is still around in a decade.

Great argument, how people may or may not use a browser in the future :) What if instead we look at current reality, which is what I outlined in my previous comment?

The current reality is that Google has taken over the Web for all practical purposes, with Safari as last bastion.

Which will end the day Apple is forced to allow Chrome on iOS.

> The current reality is that Google has taken over the Web for all practical purposes

In the anglosphere and averaged out globally, yes, this is true. But country-per-country, the stats vary wildly. Some countries have ~20% Safari usage, others have ~20% Firefox usage. Other countries like Germany for example has Chrome usage below 50%, which is pretty neat.

But yeah, if you're a Usaian, I could understand if "the world" looks differently.

In Europe, and since five years that Firefox is no longer part of the browser acceptance matrix for project delivery acceptance testing, that I have been part of.

Only best effort, not a requirement.

Well arc is based on chromium, so it’s the same ratio of closed/open source as the majority of browsers.

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