A tale of how Google tried to win against Mozilla
One of the &#x27;mysteries&#x27; of corporations is that they will either do nothing, or take an action that furthers their corporate interests. People don&#x27;t seem to expect that of companies with a public face and seem surprised when they turn out to be just like any other corporate group.<p>It&#x27;s a coordination thing - coordinating a large group of people is so challenging only simple messages like &#x27;make a  profit&#x27; get through on average. Simple things with clear metrics.<p>&#x27;Support the open web&#x27; has no metrics and is realistically not a comprehensive shared vision a company can rally around. The message that a Chrome-first strategy doesn&#x27;t support the open web is (1) contestable (2) requires a lot of assumptions.<p>Anyone who believed or still believes that Google the Corporation is controlled by the engineers employed by Google is in for an eventual rude shock. Anyone who believes a corporation will support the open web for any reason other than it is in their interests to is likewise mistaken.<p>This is why focusing on capability is more important than focusing on intent, despite what human instinct generally suggests (humans overweight intent). Google is a scary company. They have more power over people than most companies, with the exception of the banks - and look at how the banks are regulated!