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developers cannot opt-in

• 013a 9y ago
  They also can't opt-in to adblock or noscript or me choosing to run Netscape version 4. Developers fundamentally do not get a say on what I choose to run on my system; at best the only control they have is saying "nope we aren't even going to try to run on whatever you've got" but even that isn't a guarantee.
  • walterstucco 9y ago
    > They also can't opt-in to adblock or noscript or me choosing to run Netscape version 4. This is a gross oversimplifcation They also cannot opt-in if you don't have electricity in your house or don't own a computer DOH! This is not a real argument A real argument is obsolescence Of course there's a point when older versions are not supported anymore Here we are talking about future versions breaking compatibility, without a shared consent, without a deprecation roadmap, that need to be supported, in a Chrome specific way, making Chrome the new IE for no real benefits to the user and a vendor lock-in by Google When they users will try a different browser, for whatever reason, they will experience a different web, that for the majority of them being non techy will look like a broken web