> Exactly how the rest of the world feels about this is not necessarily relevant, though. Google owns the world's most popular web browser, the world's largest advertising network, the world's biggest search engine, the world's most popular operating system, and some of the world's most popular websites. So really, Google can do whatever it wants.<p>On one hand, I think this is wrong, because the world is full of tech companies who thought they could do whatever they want because they're big enough. "Nobody would dare switch away from Facebook! Err, I mean Twitter. No wait, I meant Chrome!" But that's a bet, not a fact. Sometimes it works out, and sometimes everyone leaves and goes somewhere else. You think you have a moat, and you do, it's just you don't always realize it's ankle deep.<p>On the other hand, Google <i>can</i> do what it wants with Chrome, because it's their product. I use Firefox, and it won't affect me. All the people who don't care about this are free to use Chrome. Likewise, anyone who wants to listen to a man in his forties tell them about why some browsers are better than others can ask me about my thoughts. Nobody has done that yet, but the offer is on the table.