You know most of consumer apps everybody uses are closed-source, right?
What they'll likely do is start charging for their AI-powered subscription and make a business plan for teams while building some features for their collaboration.
Great argument, how people may or may not use a browser in the future :) What if instead we look at current reality, which is what I outlined in my previous comment?
> The current reality is that Google has taken over the Web for all practical purposes
In the anglosphere and averaged out globally, yes, this is true. But country-per-country, the stats vary wildly. Some countries have ~20% Safari usage, others have ~20% Firefox usage. Other countries like Germany for example has Chrome usage below 50%, which is pretty neat.
But yeah, if you're a Usaian, I could understand if "the world" looks differently.
In Europe, and since five years that Firefox is no longer part of the browser acceptance matrix for project delivery acceptance testing, that I have been part of.
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An absolute shame in this day and age. But I have a feeling it's a requirement considering they raised $20M before even having a product ready.
Which leads to another point - what are they going to do to make sure they make a return for their investors?