While i wholeheartedly agree, these aren't really reasons. Playing devil's advocate reveals nothing useful.
"Its happened before"
That's not an argument, in fact you could counter-argue that IE left a lot of technical debt. On top of that, the internet was very different back then.
"Its actually good"
I'm still not convinced, why would I change my browser? I'm very comfortable in my opera/edge/chrome browser and I'd have to change my workflow.
It's a subheading to "2. Browser engine monopoly". The subsection's purpose is describing how bad things were during the IE monopoly to reinforce that it's something to be avoided.
> in fact you could counter-argue that IE left a lot of technical debt
That would be agreeing with the article, unless I misunderstand what you mean.
> On top of that, the internet was very different back then.
In a way that now makes it harder for truly new competing engines to pop up due to increased complexity of the web.
> I'm still not convinced, why would I change my browser?
The points made in the article are:
* Increased privacy, opposed to willingly giving your data to an ad-tech company
* Helps avoid a browser engine monopoly which would effectively let Google dictate web standards
"Its happened before"
That's not an argument, in fact you could counter-argue that IE left a lot of technical debt. On top of that, the internet was very different back then.
"Its actually good"
I'm still not convinced, why would I change my browser? I'm very comfortable in my opera/edge/chrome browser and I'd have to change my workflow.