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> I always wonder how we came to allow website authors to dictate how their content is displayed on other people's computers. Um... because it is their website
by ibraheemdev 6y ago
> I always wonder how we came to allow website authors to dictate how their content is displayed on other people's computers.
Um... because it is their website?
> why don't websites generally just deliver text and leave the decision of how to render it up to me?
Because the general public wants to go to a website and for it to look good immediately without any configuration.
- musicale 6y ago> Um... because it is their website? And therefore they should control how your web browser works on your computer? I don't think so. Remember the scourge of pop-up windows? Alert loops? Auto-playing sound and video? Obnoxious flash animations? Intrusive tracking? Megabytes of adtech attached to 3 kilobytes of text? No need to accept obnoxious, battery-draining, data-eating garbage if you don't need or want it.