# Internet Browsers - Hidden Agenda?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-browsers-hidden-agenda/635520>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-browsers-hidden-agenda/635520 "2012-09-22T18:37:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-browsers-hidden-agenda/635520/21 "2012-09-24T22:16:46Z")

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Fine. ActiveX _was_ an example =P

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**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-browsers-hidden-agenda/635520/22 "2012-09-24T22:29:41Z")

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> [@Deeg](#):
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> Fine. ActiveX _was_ an example =P

Works for me.

BTW I think they can finally dump it in April, 2014, when XP long-term support ends. We’ll all have champagne then.

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-browsers-hidden-agenda/635520/23 "2012-09-24T22:46:19Z")

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A less conspiratorial angle:

Microsoft, Google and Apple all depend on web browsers for their business (albeit for different reasons). They don’t want to rely on a product provided by a third party for that critical function. And they’re big enough to build their own browsers. So they do.

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