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As expected, we're approaching a web browser monoculture. When you have an open platform where only one company controls it, it fails to be open any more. I'm s

As expected, we're approaching a web browser monoculture. When you have an open platform where only one company controls it, it fails to be open any more. I'm sincerely worried about an ad company controlling the largest source of information on Earth.

Craighead 7y ago
Chromium is controlled by more than two companies, in fact, its open source, so I'm not sure of the relevance of your rant.
__s 7y ago
Today I was setting up a spreadsheet in google sheets using Firefox. When I would hit backspace while editing formulas, it'd occasionally but frequently reinsert the deleted character half a second later
mardifoufs 7y ago
I'm not too worried to be honest. IE almost completely dominating the market didn't prevent it from being completely overtaken by newer, better tech. And this time with Chrome being open source it would be even easier for a competitor to emerge if chromium becomes the new IE. if it doesn't and it stays better than the competition, what's the problem? The better product dominating the market makes sense. You don't even have to ever touch a google service to use chromium
beefbroccoli 7y ago
It's not a browser monoculture, it's a browser-engine monoculture. I for one welcome our new overlords. I think it's great to have diversity in a browsers; one browser might focus on being light weight, while another might have a new spin on the UI. But I do NOT want diversity in how different browsers render a table.
- kitsunesoba 7y ago
  Problem is, there are limits to how different browsers using the same engine can be, especially when it comes to matters like efficiency. At some point you’re going to have to start modifying the engine and eventually, fork it due to divergence becoming unmanageable — this is why Blink was spun out of WebKit.
- fgonzag 7y ago
  You must have missed the 90s. When a single vendor mandated every new technology in the browser space. ActiveX and other pleasantries came out of those times.
  - beefbroccoli 7y ago
    I remember the 90's. It was the era of "Best viewed in X version Y".
qazqwert 7y ago
first of all start using AdNauseam

Craighead 7y ago

Chromium is controlled by more than two companies, in fact, its open source, so I'm not sure of the relevance of your rant.

__s 7y ago

Today I was setting up a spreadsheet in google sheets using Firefox. When I would hit backspace while editing formulas, it'd occasionally but frequently reinsert the deleted character half a second later

mardifoufs 7y ago

I'm not too worried to be honest. IE almost completely dominating the market didn't prevent it from being completely overtaken by newer, better tech. And this time with Chrome being open source it would be even easier for a competitor to emerge if chromium becomes the new IE. if it doesn't and it stays better than the competition, what's the problem? The better product dominating the market makes sense. You don't even have to ever touch a google service to use chromium

beefbroccoli 7y ago

It's not a browser monoculture, it's a browser-engine monoculture. I for one welcome our new overlords. I think it's great to have diversity in a browsers; one browser might focus on being light weight, while another might have a new spin on the UI. But I do NOT want diversity in how different browsers render a table.

kitsunesoba 7y ago
Problem is, there are limits to how different browsers using the same engine can be, especially when it comes to matters like efficiency. At some point you’re going to have to start modifying the engine and eventually, fork it due to divergence becoming unmanageable — this is why Blink was spun out of WebKit.
fgonzag 7y ago
You must have missed the 90s. When a single vendor mandated every new technology in the browser space. ActiveX and other pleasantries came out of those times.
- beefbroccoli 7y ago
  I remember the 90's. It was the era of "Best viewed in X version Y".

qazqwert 7y ago

first of all start using AdNauseam