Comment by nzach

Yes, Chrome is the de facto standard for the open web. And everyone agrees this is too much power for a single company to have.

But most people seem to think that just removing Chrome from Google would fix this issue. People seem to forget that Chrome isn't the only tool Google can use to steer the web standard in a particular way.

The Google crawler is probably an even more effective tool in shaping the web standard. "To be indexed by Google your page needs to comply with these requirements" puts A LOT of pressure in everyone working in the web.

This is why I think creating and enforcing a web standard is the only practical solution to this problem.