Could Apple switch to Chrome as their default browser?

[clevin]

Surely that's no different than arguing that Apple didn't create OS X because it's just based off a fork of Unix?

im not interested in splitting the word. as long as people who read the thread are aware that apple didn't start either OSX or safari from "scratch", thats enough for me.

the truth is apple took a FULL FEATURED browser, and improved upon it. thats the thing people needs to know.

Well my reasoning was: Both companies are fundamentally trying to achieve the same thing, but both are spending money developing very similar products. Usually in a marketplace this wouldn't be unusual, but both their browsers are free and non-profit.

What incentive is there for Apple to spend money in this area if Google are already doing what Apple wants, but better, and when Apple could simply use Chrome for free?

My reasoning is simply, wouldn't it make more sense for Apple and Google to pool resources and collaborate on a single, much better browser, instead of conducting two different efforts to create two separate, but distinctly similar products? — Am I the only one who wonders if it could be better for us, and the internet as a whole, if the better features of both browsers were merged into one, single, lightning fast, efficient, good-looking browser that actually had a chance at the dominant market share?

your problem, again, is failing to realize that browsers are different from engines, engines only draw the content, but all the rich functions are put in by either apple or google. and you overlook the business interests apple has in controlling their browsers.

plus,, webkitt is a nice engine, look at what google has done to it, without competition, it will NOT become better.

its a simple question, you kept saying they are the same, but just ask a user, are they? same engine != same browser. vast majority of functions are DIFFERENT on these two.