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[–] kersplomp@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Honest question, why does the fediverse like firefox so much? This is not a common opinion to have on the internet, but everyone here and on mastodon seems to have it.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 80 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Because otherwise you'd be supporting the Chromium monopoly, and that's the biggest sin imaginable in the Fediverse.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Safari user sitting quietly in the corner

[–] ZeroPoke@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Here's the best part to that. Safari's back end is called WebKit. At one point in time it was considered best in class. It was also the backend for Chrome as well for awhile.

[–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

They forked it into Blink a long time ago now. They've diverged significantly since then.

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