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> SPONSORED CONTENT FROM BROWSER CHOICE ALLIANCE

Who is the "Browser Choice Alliance" I thought to myself. One web search later:

> Our members: Midori, Opera, Vivaldi, Wavebox, Browserworks, and, ... wait for it ...

> Chrome.

Yes, competing browser vendors want to compete on what is still the biggest 'desktop OS'. It would be more remarkable if this had been written by, say, the Sierra Club or the National Federation of Piano Tuners. That Google/Chrome is part of this group comes as no surprise nor does the fact that they'd most likely act the same as Microsoft does if and when they're in the position Microsoft is.

They already are in the same position. See: Android, ChromeOS.

It's not the substance of what is being said, but the "moral outrage washing" communication strategy, employed by a market participant who is themselves deeply immoral, that I find kind of interesting, entertaining, noteworthy, funny, and morally objectionable.

Also: With something like a 75% market share that Chrome enjoys, I don't see how they can keep a straight face when complaining about the anticompetitive practices allowing a competitor to hold on to a 10% market share.

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