"Google" resolves competition in the browser market in a climate of uncertainty about the future "Firefox"

After Microsoft's recent decision to eliminate the use of the Edge browser's core core, called Edge HTML, and the bias in favor of the Chrome browser's core kernel, called Chromium, "Firefox" is facing a very uncertain future as the decision From Microsoft to give Chromium an almost absolute dominance in the browser market, Firefox is the only browser running the kernel against the kernel of Google Chrome, anticipating the response of Chrome and its allies. "Edge" and others, which ultimately means ushering in a decisive victory for "Google" in the competitive market browsers.

Difficult attitude

The first signs of this difficult situation that Firefox faces, according to the chief executive of Mozilla, Chris Bird, in a long post on his official blog, criticizing Microsoft's decision, "The decision may be logical in terms of commercial standards, but it's an existential threat to the principle of competition and the healthy life of competitive and choice online browsers, and consumers can decide that we want something better and take action. "

"It's a decision to re-establish the situation early in the year 2000, before the launch of Firefox, when Microsoft dominated and almost completely controlled the browser market, which changed after the release of Firefox and Microsoft. Chrome, "said Bird.

"Firefox" crisis

According to a report from the ZDNet technology network on the current state and future of Firefox in what is now called the "browser war", the real crisis of "Firefox" is that it 's the only way to get Firefox to work. it depends on a kernel or engine called "Gecko". Is different from the Web Kit engine or kernel used by Chrome, Safari, Opera, UC, Slack and other browsers, and requires Firefox to perform extensive testing on all features. And its features, to ensure compatibility with the requirements of software and applications running on the Web.

This situation is similar to Microsoft's Edge browser, which is based on the Edge HTML kernel, completely different from the Web Kit engine or kernel. This is the main reason why Microsoft engineers decided to abandon Of Edge HTML, which has spent most of its efforts over the past three years to resolve compatibility issues with sites that are not functioning properly because these sites were simply created and tested to work only on Kit and Nucleus web browsers. Chromium.

Decision without embarrassment

Microsoft had no problem announcing its transformation into a chrome kernel and a new browser.

According to information provided by The Virg technology site, Microsoft has begun to eliminate the Edge browser, integrated with the Windows 10 operating system, and rebuild it into a completely new image. "Microsoft" in the poor results obtained by the browser "Edge" against Chrome ", which confirms that the" Edge ", introduced for the first time in 2015, has not yet been a complete alternative to the old browser, nor Internet Explorer, nor replaced. He also could not compete with Chrome, Firefox and others.

According to the site, the Google Chrome browser, launched by Google for the first time in 2008, has been suffering since the launch of a kind of "puzzler" towards Microsoft, both internally and externally, since 39, he had successive successes until he became dominant. The first on the browser market, at the expense of "Internet Explorer". When Microsoft tried to bypass Chrome by launching the Edge browser, then plugging it into the Windows operating system, and then integrating it into Windows 10, this operation was unsuccessful and Chrome was continued to offer it. Explorer "is unable to compete, while EDGE is unable to continue.

The leaks from this move indicate that Microsoft will primarily build a new browser that recycles EDGE and may eliminate it completely, but the expected product will largely depend on the Edge interface. Very strong.

Scissors

Mozilla is now almost at the limit of Google's scoop. The first is the overwhelming victory of Chrome after the decision of Microsoft, which will make the Mozilla browser unique among the sites that will all work in a manner consistent with the "Chromium", and far from the heart of the complex installation "Firefox" with limited deployment.

Google's "Mozilla" payment for Google searches through the Chrome browser, which is Mozilla's main provider, is the other side of the loss.

Devastating impact

Mozilla recently released its annual financial report, which indicates that most of its profits come from search engine partnerships, including the agreement negotiated with Google in 2017, which accounted for 89% of Mozilla's revenue. Last year of 562 million dollars. This contract expires in November 2020, ie in less than two years. If Google decides to terminate this research relationship or change its terms in a fundamental way, the financial impact on Mozilla will be devastating.