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minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSo weird to me how when Chrome first came out, it was the opposite: Firefox was getting sluggish and poorly optimized with too much going on, and Chrome was sleek and fast and seemed to just have what was needed to work.
minus-squareSapphironZA@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThese things go in cycles. But I think the writing is on the wall. Google will never make the investment to unbloat Chrome.
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThey have no incentive to, at least not as long as they’re the dominant web browser
So weird to me how when Chrome first came out, it was the opposite: Firefox was getting sluggish and poorly optimized with too much going on, and Chrome was sleek and fast and seemed to just have what was needed to work.
These things go in cycles. But I think the writing is on the wall. Google will never make the investment to unbloat Chrome.
They have no incentive to, at least not as long as they’re the dominant web browser