Maybe Google should split Chrome and related assets (Chromium, Blink, are there others?) into a separate foundation that has control over the source with a board that has membership by major players such as Google themselves, Opera, and Microsoft. That way Google can put a wall between their direct influence in such a powerful and relied-upon piece of software so as not to have the undue influence we’re all worried about.
Android's governance is entirely under Google/Alphabet for all practical purposes today, even as the OS is open source. Reasons for this are numeorus (licensing, Play Services, etc.) Chromium is in a similar boat. Parent is proposing that Google effectively spin off Chrome and related assets as a separate company or nonprofit entity, much like the Linux Foundation, to avoid potentially monopolistic behavior that such vertical integration may lead to. I think this is one possible way to a solution.
Though please not exactly like the Linux foundation, which is doing some pretty shitty things. Companies can become members of the Linux foundation and violate the GPL of Linux no problem, they are paying their membership fee after all. The Linux foundation is effectively the "Megacorps Linux user group". Its executive director Jim Zemlin famously doesn't use Linux himself.
