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koverda
The issue with beating chrome isn't feature parity, but overcoming the massive lock-in.
elamje
Not super active with Chrome, so what lock-ins are you referring to? Like password management and extensions?
anoncake
Maybe the lock-in caused by Google (and others) making Chrome-only websites. But AFAIK its not brazen enough to exclude other Blink browsers.
elamje
What websites are Chrome only?
iKevinShah
Not sure about current status but sometime back WhatsApp Web was Chrome-only.
hpen
Chrome often implements new browser features before other browsers. So, webapps are made with new features that aren't available in Safari, etc
[dead] nigr
lmao as if