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2023-03-14 07:02:15 +00:00
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<h1>Blog - #3</h1>
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2023-03-14 07:11:19 +00:00
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<h2>The Chromium Monopoly</h2>
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<p class="update_date">Posted: 2022-12-20 (UTC+00:00)</p>
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<p class="update_date">Updated: 2022-12-20 (UTC+00:00)</p>
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<h2 id="toc"><a href="#toc" class="h2"
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<li><a href="#introduction" class="body-link"
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>Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#solution" class="body-link"
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>Solution</a></li>
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<li><a href="#conclusion" class="body-link"
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>Conclusion</a></li>
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<h2 id="introduction"><a href="#introduction" class="h2"
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>Introduction</a></h2>
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<p>It's no secret that I'm an advocate of Chromium and will use it for the foreseeable future. It is
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a highly secure web browser which provides strong protection against malicious wesbites and the code
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they run, and, while I am not too interested in high performance, it is a very performant web
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browser, despite its security features.<br>
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However, the intention of this blog post is not to promote Chromium for any reason, but rather show
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an issue with it; an issue which is larger than may be realised by web-surfing users. That issue is
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the large monopoly Chromium has in the web browser market;
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<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Summary_tables"
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>Chromium's market share is around 65%</a>,
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making it the largest slice of the cake. The issue becomes even deeper and more problematic when you
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realise that the second-place web browser, Safari, has only an 18% market share.<br>
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The main issue with this type of monopoly is the large amounts of power and influence it gives
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Chromium, which can lead to, and is leading to, excessive authority of how the web should work, and
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the standards which are implemented, which all other web browsers must comply with in order to have
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a fully working web.<p>
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<h2 id="solution"><a href="#solution" class="h2"
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>Solution</a></h2>
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<p>In order to combat the Chromium monopoly, users typically go over to Chromium's classical rival,
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Firefox. However, Firefox is dying and has lost almost all of its userbase over the last 2-3 years;
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the reason for this is a tale of selfishness and greed, caused by Firefox's parent company to go off
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course and lose its original goal of providing a freedom-respecting, open web. Mozilla caused
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self-inflicted damage which it cannot recover from, and, to me, is already dead. The vultures are
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simply waiting for the final, small group of users to abandon the project before Firefox finally
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succumbs to its own demise; the demise it caused itself.<br>
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If attempting to increase Firefox's market share to previous levels will be in vain, what is the
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solution? How can we prevent Chromium from completely taking over the web and dictating everything
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we do and how the web should be designed and used?<br>
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To find the answer to these important but difficult questions, we must go to the alternatives which
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still have a fighting chance. Safari, developed by Apple, is based on WebKit, an engine completely
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independent of Chromium and Firefox.<br>
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Just using a non-Chromium-based web browser is not enough; the choice must already have enough
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market share to still be relevant, and be capable of gaining new users. Safari, being preinstalled
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on Apple devices including iPhone and Mac, already has a great advantage over Firefox. Apple
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devices, especially iPhone, is abundant in streets everywhere on the planet. Safari is the default
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choice for Apple users and has a large market share simply because of how widespread it is.
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Exploiting this fact is the only way to gain more market share and take down Chromium before it is
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too late; the clock is ticking, and Apple are the only ones preventing Chromium from completely
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taking over the web. Backing Safari instead of Firefox will keep the WebKit market share from
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falling to a critically low percentage, making it impossible to make a comeback, as has happened to
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Firefox. Sometimes, directly supporting a political party is not the way to get them into power,
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supporting the second-place alternative is, in order to keep the one you don't want out of power,
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giving the party you do want in power an advantage. To win this war against the Chromium monopoly,
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we must be tactical, not emotional.</p>
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<h2 id="conclusion"><a href="#conclusion" class="h2"
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>Conclusion</a></h2>
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<p>Supporting Safari is the first step in supporting WebKit and promoting usage of the independent
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web engine. Buying time while supporting and contributing to WebKit browser projects is the best and
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only chance anyone has at competing with Chromium, and preventing it from increasing its dominance
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to unstoppable levels, at which point there will be no return.
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