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