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		gcp on Aug 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Browser Extensions Standard Chrome currently has the largest amount of extensions, which is an advantage for that browser. Standardized WebExtensions dilute that, because they allow easy ports to the other browsers.

connorcpu on Aug 1, 2017 [–]

I think the point is more, in what way does google have any power to stop other browsers from implementing this API?

gcp on Aug 2, 2017 | [–]

They don't. Unless you want to claim API's are copyrightable, but there are some downsides to that :-)

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