Google de-facto controls the browser but it doesn't control the OS, its motivation is absolutely transparent here: make the browser the OS. It even auto-updates transparently by default so Google can push its code almost live to its users.
As someone who always fought against the bloat of the web and reimplementing everything on top of HTTP and JS I feel a bit like an anti-atomic weapon activist who, upon seeing the mushroom cloud in the distance, can utter a final "see, I told you so!" before being demapped by a G-shapped shockwave.
The open web was fun while it lasted, but ads are more important.
As someone who always fought against the bloat of the web and reimplementing everything on top of HTTP and JS I feel a bit like an anti-atomic weapon activist who, upon seeing the mushroom cloud in the distance, can utter a final "see, I told you so!" before being demapped by a G-shapped shockwave.
The open web was fun while it lasted, but ads are more important.