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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Well, on the other hand, said megacorp finances the only other engine (Gecko, Blink being a fork of Apples Webkit), so they don't have to bother with monopoly restrictions.

Current web is broken.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I realize this, but technically Mozilla is still an independent entity. They also fight some Google attempts at Web DRM, so it's still healthy competition

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and web standards! chrome doesn't care much about web standards. they regularly add new nonstandard proprieties that eventually wins because of their market-size.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

who needs a standard when you are the standard /s

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope to see servo on my device next to Firefox some day.