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> An alternative is an open source version of a browser from an advert company, with anti-features hopefully being kept in check by diligent maintainers. To wh
by AsyncAwait 8y ago
> An alternative is an open source version of a browser from an advert company, with anti-features hopefully being kept in check by diligent maintainers.
To which nobody will listen and who'd have zero power in the standards committees, as unfortunate as it may be.
- craigsmansion 8y agoWhat's the difference between having zero power and having some power but always caving when it's important for the open web with the excuse that if you hadn't you would lose users and have no say the standards committees?
- AsyncAwait 8y agoI get your frustration, I felt the same particularly after the DRM fiasco, but at least in Firefox it's not enabled by default. I'd say that is an important difference. More importantly, I think what's important is that there exist multiple browser engines because that forces Google to at least compromise somewhat, (agree to WebAssembly instead of just DartVM for example), not run completely unchecked, even if I agree with your core premise and I think Mozilla should fight a lot harder than it often does.