Yes, but they also made moves that are against Google's interests, repeatedly. If you have better ideas on how to monetize a browser, I'm sure they are open to suggestions.
As for their "battles at the W3C", you mean DRM and H.264, the patent-encumbered video codec?
The philosophy you're talking about is probably why they still have that 5% of the market, otherwise they would be irrelevant ;-)
As for their "battles at the W3C", you mean DRM and H.264, the patent-encumbered video codec?
The philosophy you're talking about is probably why they still have that 5% of the market, otherwise they would be irrelevant ;-)