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No, we've (collectively) discovered that we have a lot of mature technologies (like mmap), mature platforms and extremely fast hardware, so we created a cripple
by mike_hock 3y ago
No, we've (collectively) discovered that we have a lot of mature technologies (like mmap), mature platforms and extremely fast hardware, so we created a crippled software development platform on a bloated layout engine so people can get creative again hacking around the arbitrary constraints and design flaws of the platform to solve problems that had been solved 40 years ago.
- ElFitz 3y agoWeb browser did drastically simplify delivery and deliverability though. Not that there wouldn’t have been alternatives had web apps not become a thing. It’s just more user-friendly than most current open alternatives (eg apt-get), and more open than most current user-friendly alternatives (eg app stores).