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> public funding for browser development I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. It will cost billions and billions, we will get nothing use

> public funding for browser development I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. It will cost billions and billions, we will get nothing useful, and then it will be abandoned. > making web domain names (a public good) contingent on website content following web standards I don't know what this means. Are you suggesting that I shouldn't be allowed to register a website name unless the content is in strict compliance with someone's web standard? What happens if it's not? Do they take the domain away from me? Does the government take it?

starttoaster 3y ago
> I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. Well there was the War on Drugs. But yeah I don't want a browser that was made by my government. What could possibly go wrong?
NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. Say that again when the address bar says "brought to you by Pepsi™", and every website you visit is sent to the manufacturer - like LG TVs sent filenames found on USBs back to LG. > It will cost billions and billions Mozilla spends $400+ million per year, and they've been at it for more than a decade. It already costs billions. > we will get nothing useful Even if the funding goes to Mozilla? Are Google's dollars magical? > Are you suggesting that I shouldn't be allowed to register a website name unless the content is in strict compliance with someone's web standard? I'm suggesting you keep the domain, but it doesn't resolve until the content is standard-compliant. Or, alternately, for-profit corporate and publicly-funded browsers are obligated to display a scary warning. > Do they take the domain away from me? Does the government take it? What do you find so hard to understand? Do you think the domain namespace shouldn't be managed like a public good? You're big on cynical criticism of my suggestions, but are my predictions wrong? How do you think the growing cost to develop a browser will be funded, if not by selling out? What do you think will happen? What has been happening so far?

starttoaster 3y ago

> I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. Well there was the War on Drugs. But yeah I don't want a browser that was made by my government. What could possibly go wrong?

NoRelToEmber 3y ago

> I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of public money. Say that again when the address bar says "brought to you by Pepsi™", and every website you visit is sent to the manufacturer - like LG TVs sent filenames found on USBs back to LG. > It will cost billions and billions Mozilla spends $400+ million per year, and they've been at it for more than a decade. It already costs billions. > we will get nothing useful Even if the funding goes to Mozilla? Are Google's dollars magical? > Are you suggesting that I shouldn't be allowed to register a website name unless the content is in strict compliance with someone's web standard? I'm suggesting you keep the domain, but it doesn't resolve until the content is standard-compliant. Or, alternately, for-profit corporate and publicly-funded browsers are obligated to display a scary warning. > Do they take the domain away from me? Does the government take it? What do you find so hard to understand? Do you think the domain namespace shouldn't be managed like a public good? You're big on cynical criticism of my suggestions, but are my predictions wrong? How do you think the growing cost to develop a browser will be funded, if not by selling out? What do you think will happen? What has been happening so far?