First they came for the gamers, and I said nothing, for I wasn't a gamer, and already that industry was infested with proprietary tech.<p>Then they came for the alternative browsers, and I said nothing, for I was content to see a plug-in extending support for all those games to the rest of the world (even though the alternative vendors all objected verbosely).<p>Then they came for Google Earth, and I said nothing, for it was a perfect fit to the platform, and I could use Earth from any browser (even though I had to install the plug-in to use it in future).<p>Then they came for the video codecs, and I said nothing, for what could be wrong with smoother video working across browsers (even though I had to install the plug-in to get there, and YouTube.com suddenly grew a form of DRM).<p>Then they came for the Internet banks, returning to the 20th century ActiveX-alike requirements for login, and I said nothing (because I needed access to my bank).<p>Then they came for the well-suited open source projects, and I said nothing, for I didn't care about that, and running Audacity from a browser sounded great.<p>Then it ran on Android and Chrome OS, and I was pleased (even though I could no longer write native code for Android that didn't target NaCl).<p>[...]<p>Then they came for me, and there was no-one left to speak out for me or my app, for there was only one platform left that ran on every device.