Ask HN: Why is the browser battle so important?

1 点作者 nrbafna将近 15 年前

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 条评论

byoung2将近 15 年前

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.

oblee将近 15 年前

Brilliant marketing tools Licensing and legal saving Influence

a1g将近 15 年前

he who controls the browser controls the browsing of the internet