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Google has produced APIs that only shipped in Chrome...SPDY, NaCl, WebSQL, chrome extension APIs.

I think the difference is Google wants other browsers to implement those APIs by providing a path to standardization.

SPDY was replaced with HTTP2.

NaCl was replaced with Web Assembly.

WebSQL was replaced with IndexedDB.

Chrome extensions kind of became Web Extensions.

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I agree, that's what makes the difference. Not just that standardised forms appear, but that Chrome does switch to them.

Contrast CSS, where Microsoft participated in the design (while Netscape tried to push their own different thing) and signed off on the standard, but chose not to update their implementation to match what the final standard said.

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