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> The actual question is of course, why does something as simple as a chat client has to be so complex. Is a complete browser engine really necessary to embed i
by gtirloni 7y ago
> The actual question is of course, why does something as simple as a chat client has to be so complex. Is a complete browser engine really necessary to embed images and videos?
If you keep adding features, at some point you're going to re-implement a browser engine from scratch. So why not start with one in the first place?
- coldtea 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it
- de_watcher 7y agoAnd when you think of the browser as what it is - a VM manager for a weird sandboxed OS, it's all starting to make sense: good old OS wars where the user pays for the damage.