Nobody lost. We all "won", because, for the time being, Chrome is important for Google: They need to keep the open web as a platform competitive with Apple's iOS ecosystem, as well as Facebook's walled garden, because Google rules advertising in the first, but not in the latter two.

Thus, Google's interests align with the users', and also Mozilla's. It's perfectly possible for this to change when, for example, it becomes lucrative for Google to move people from the open web to android apps. At that point, we should all hope to have Mozilla and others like it still around.

It shouldn't be surprising that Google can outcompete any other organisation when it sees something as relevant to the absolute core of its business.

And that is a sad thing :( I really hope Firefox comes back with a new push towards better web, and keeps pushing it!

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