Ask HN: Why is the browser battle so important?

1 pointsby nrbafnaalmost 15 years ago

Why is the browser battle so important? Why are Google, Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Microsoft investing so much into it? It is offered as a free product.

3 comments

byoung2almost 15 years ago

A lot of it has to do with search revenue. For example, Google pays big bucks to be the start page for FireFox (and they used to for Opera as well). Microsoft wants every browser to open to Bing.

obleealmost 15 years ago

Brilliant marketing tools Licensing and legal saving Influence

a1galmost 15 years ago

he who controls the browser controls the browsing of the internet