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Browser engine, Chromium (Google)
Mountain View, United States37.42°N 122.08°W
computed criticality17/100
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Chrome ~70% of the web; ~80% counting all Chromium browsers (Edge, Opera, Samsung)
2024Fault line
Most browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera) rest on a single engine, Chromium, steered by Google. Whoever controls the engine effectively steers web standards and what is possible on it.
Actors
Google (Chromium)
Apple (WebKit)
Mozilla (Gecko)
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