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Internet Explorer was not open source acting as engine everyone's browser could use and it got abandoned by Microsoft. It is not the same situation.
by charcircuit 18d ago
Internet Explorer was not open source acting as engine everyone's browser could use and it got abandoned by Microsoft. It is not the same situation.
- teekert 18d agoOne could argue that effectively Blink is also not open source. At any rate users don't have power over it, as witnessed by the manifest v3 stuff jammed down our throats.
- pygy_ 18d agoChurn makes it impossible to keep up a fork, Google weaponizes its manpower, making the "open source" argument moot.
- charcircuit 18d agoThere are many active forks that are an existence proof that it's possible. It's also a ton of man power to maintain your own browser engine.
- le-mark 18d agoMonocultures are bad full stop. Blink is corporate controlled open source, which has been clearly less than.
- mohamedkoubaa 17d agoAt this point Microsoft should just open source it for science.