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I'm confused why Firefox thinks it needs its entire own codebase to make an alternative browser. Microsoft (a $3.7 trillion competitor to Google!) even decided
by xnx 1y ago
I'm confused why Firefox thinks it needs its entire own codebase to make an alternative browser.
Microsoft (a $3.7 trillion competitor to Google!) even decided to base their browser on Chrome.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoBecause independent engines put pressure on websites to write to the standard, not the (current) dominant implementation. Otherwise we end up with sites from different eras requiring different engines or browsers. Then browsers have to support all those historical implementations too. And/or more sites break and breaks occur more often. It breeds a huge mess.