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> The 'leveling' power of the web is an illusion. The web is controlled by those who have the resources to develop and distribute web browsers, which is a tiny
by untog 11y ago
> The 'leveling' power of the web is an illusion. The web is controlled by those who have the resources to develop and distribute web browsers, which is a tiny elite at this point.
Not even slightly. If I wanted to, I could post a .txt file on an HTTP server somewhere and anyone could consume it. More broadly, web browser are accessible to all, and anyone can put a web page online. That's not true with apps at all.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> If I wanted to, I could post a .txt file on an HTTP server somewhere and anyone could consume it. Sure, right now. Of course, the browser manufacturers are moving to actively discourage that by flagging HTTP as unsafe, as a first step to blocking it by default. At which point you'll have to use HTTPS for most people to be able to see it, which means you'll have to go through someone with a relationship with a root CA trusted by browser vendors to make content visible to the public, which means, again, back to the web being controlled by those who develop and distribute web browsers.
- candu 11y ago...which is why Let's Encrypt (https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/) is awesome. Also, HTTP is unsafe. Also also, "those who develop and distribute web browsers" are not a uniform cabal of shadowy conspirators. You are, of course, always welcome to use Firefox, Chromium, or any of the sundry other open-source browsers out there.
- fenomas 11y ago> "those who develop and distribute web browsers" are not a uniform cabal of shadowy conspirators. Unless you're using iOS, of course. (HHOS)