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> requiring the incumbent to be negligent for a long time But the incumbents are negligent. Their browsers, based on their business models, no longer serve the
by Nextgrid 4y ago
> requiring the incumbent to be negligent for a long time
But the incumbents are negligent. Their browsers, based on their business models, no longer serve the needs of their users. This is an opportunity for Firefox.
> Brave has ad blocking preinstalled, so does Chrome to some extent
Haven't used Brave so can't comment on it, but Chrome doesn't and can't have powerful adblocking due to its parent company's business model - not to mention that one reason to block ads would be privacy which is also a problem with Google, so it would be a non-starter even if it was blocking ads.
> even if it did and became dominant what would that mean for creators who are ad supported?
I wonder how we dealt with this argument back in the day where OSes were full of security holes and the antivirus industry was starting out?