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> And yet how many can't even switch browsers? This doesn't work. Appealing to people's emotions about monopolies or privacy does not work. This is a fact at t
by gtirloni 3y ago
> And yet how many can't even switch browsers?
This doesn't work. Appealing to people's emotions about monopolies or privacy does not work. This is a fact at this point; it has been tried repeatedly, and here we are.
Anyone who has been around for some time and tried hard to support multiple browsers in the past got burned out. Web developers want to develop; most don't want to be freedom fighters, and rightfully so.
The closer this is fixed at the source, the better chance it has to work. Unfortunately, the source seems to be outside the browser's engine internals and other interesting technical areas. I'd argue it's in the human/government sphere, where things are slow and require a lot of energy... who's willing to do that?
I'm a nerd. I like to work with technical things. I like to ignore humans and play with machines. None of that will fix the browser monopoly situation (or Firefox/Opera/Brave/etc wouldn't have single-digit market share [0]).
0 - https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/ https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/
- ta1243 3y agoI use Firefox, have done for years. Maybe it doesn't work for you, but that's your choice to perpetrate a monopoly. > Anyone who has been around for some time and tried hard to support multiple browsers in the past got burned out. Web developers want to develop; most don't want to be freedom fighters, and rightfully so. Heard exactly the same thing from the Microsoft fanboys about IE6 15-20 years ago