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Why Browsers Get Built
- st3fan 3y agoI replied with the following, because I think this article is (unsurprisingly) extremely one-sided. Google's impact (damage imo) on the big picture browser and standards landscape cannot be ignored. "Funny how you don't mention your former employer Google at all as the biggest ad/spyware/surveillance browser company in the world. Google has used its giant browser market share to push standards that only benefit them, to drive more people to its services, to lock in users to Chrome. Google has used every opportunity as THE search engine monopolist to steal users away from other browsers with many dirty tricks. I think that is a good reason to build your own browser? " https://mastodon.social/@st3fan/112072401334707481 https://mastodon.social/@st3fan/112072401334707481
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 3y agoHow to control the www. Control the program people use to access it. But what if people use many different programs to access the www. What if anyone can write a www client, including a browser.