• supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    10-15 years ago cross-browser javascript and rendering compatibility was a nightmare for web developers and chromium was free, popular/winning, and legitimately very good so it made sense to standardize on it rather than independently develop inferior engines

    but now that it monopolizes internet browsing of course it has started to bloat and suck. let a hundred browser engines bloom

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      8 months ago

      also i would argue that not enough was done to oppose scope creep in web standards. i don't agree that your web browser should be a platform for complicated applications that do more than deliver content and receive posts. even flash was a bridge too far.

      • DyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        They said they weren't evil! Who were we to know they'd lie about it, what are they, the Chinese?? This is just like communism

        I channeled a redditor for this comment