Whoever. Whatever. OSS is a system for finding the most capable entity in the world at developing a software capability and letting them get on with it. It'll find someone to pick up the slack if Google starts doing a terrible job. In this world of 8 billion humans and however many thousands of companies, there'll be one who knows how to put a web browser together.
If I were going to guess today it'd be brave.com, but the world is large and competitive.
This is very handwave-y and idealistic. Sure, 8 billion humans, and thousands of companies on a cosmic timeline will lift the "most capable entity" to the top, but the road there is going to be extremely long if you just "nah they'll get it" and not do anything else.
I think that's a tad idealistic, though. You'd need the resources to keep fighting against the constant changes and ever diverging codebase the more Google goes it's own way. And already has been doing it slowly.
Also, Mozilla and Apple have been important for keeping privacy relevant every time Google have tried to push for some privacy eroding web standards.
Edit: I agree with the sentiment though but I just trust the current situation more.
roenxi|1 year ago
If I were going to guess today it'd be brave.com, but the world is large and competitive.
63stack|1 year ago
kalaksi|1 year ago
Edit: I agree with the sentiment though but I just trust the current situation more.