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It's only a small minority of users who are affected, but historically how much innovation happened due to the web's openness and that small minority's tinkerin

It's only a small minority of users who are affected, but historically how much innovation happened due to the web's openness and that small minority's tinkering.

pjmlp 11y ago
The majority of web "innovation" already existed at Xerox PARC hypermedia applications. The web is just a worse experience of what Xerox already had.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  It may be worse, but it's a lot more democratic. Now we are moving away from that two way street into something much more monopolistic.
  - koder2016 11y ago
    Democracy for content, tyranny for developers (one legacy language or transpilation).
stray 11y ago
Webassembly will likely open even more doors because it'll free us from the shackles of the web's document publishing origin. And I for one, can't wait to piss on Javascript's grave.
- koder2016 11y ago
  Bill Gates' quote fits perfectly: "Develop for it? I’ll piss on it." http://www.quoteswise.com/bill-gates-quotes-5.html http://www.quoteswise.com/bill-gates-quotes-5.html