I'm amazed how bad DHH's takes can get and his incredible capacity of having only bad takes.
>First, Chrome won the browser war fair and square by building a better surfboard for the internet.
Remember when Google force fed everyone with a nag to install Chrome on the most popular web site ever? Such a great experience… I mean.
>Google's incredible work to further the web isn't an act of charity, it's of economic self-interest, and that's why it works.
That's precisely the issue here, my man.
mgarciaisaia · 2d ago
I tend to find DDH's takes as innovatively great, but in this case I totally agree that your first quote is not true - Chrome won because Google was behind it.
>First, Chrome won the browser war fair and square by building a better surfboard for the internet.
Remember when Google force fed everyone with a nag to install Chrome on the most popular web site ever? Such a great experience… I mean.
>Google's incredible work to further the web isn't an act of charity, it's of economic self-interest, and that's why it works.
That's precisely the issue here, my man.
Source: https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6 (discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19798678 )