> Kinda like.. some folks like manual-transmission cars with simple constructions that they can modify. Let me give you my perspective: the modern web client e

> Kinda like.. some folks like manual-transmission cars with simple constructions that they can modify. Let me give you my perspective: the modern web client experience is that of a sturdy, advanced alien spaceship. It gets you from A to B and knows how to dock to all the popular alien space station airlock models automatically (aka all the HTTP/2/3/TLS/cookies, stuff that's expected by sites to work). You chuck plenty of fuel at it (RAM and CPU) and cross your fingers that it lifts off. If you prod the wrong part of the (browser) engine, the universal constants change and you get turned inside out. You still occasionally do it because the ship can be made to block all the alien ads once you're on the space station. Gemini is just an old ICE car with an antigrav module bolted on (the TLS engine). Its construction is simple enough that you can hold it in your head. It doesn't change the universal constants when you prod the wrong part of the engine, so it's refreshingly free of the risk of turning inside out. It goes into space just fine, but doesn't know how to dock on the alien space stations. This is fine - you knew that from the start, and the new human space stations are where all the quirky fun stuff is happening anyway. And the human space stations have no ads, for now.