Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

When Chrome launched, it only launched with ~2-3% market share in the first week compared to Firefox. Everyone thought that Chrome wasn't that good and Firefox would be fine. However I knew on day one that Firefox was in serious trouble and I switched browsers immediately. But what I didn't know is that Firefox would do nothing to compete for 10 years.


Chrome launched with an absurd amount of money to burn, though.

And... I don't recall this "everyone" that you are citing. Chrome launched when Google had a ton of good will.


> Chrome launched with an absurd amount of money to burn

OpenAI has $100bn+ from Microsoft, and millions of paying subscribers.


$100bn+?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/08/microsofts-complex-bet-on-op...

"Microsoft’s $13 billion bet on OpenAI carries huge potential along with plenty of uncertainty"


Yeah, no idea where I got this $100bn number in my head... I guess that does sound pretty ridiculous now that I think about it!




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: