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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Doing so reduced the amount of diversity in rendering engines

It killed the last proprietary engine. It made the web more free.

That’s a loss for the Web as a whole.

You’re wrong.

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Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I mean the choice between only two browser engines isn’t what I would call “free” though, especially since Firefox is also pulling more and more bullshit.

He made a good overall point. Just saying he is wrong doesn’t actually make him wrong.

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- Link@rentadrunk.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  What about WebKit? That makes 3 browser engines although it’s primarily used on Apple devices.
  
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  - woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    What about WebKit? That makes 3 browser engines although it’s primarily used on Apple devices.
    
    WebKit-GTK is fine, Ladybird and Servo also exist.
    
    The vehement defense of a shitty, proprietary Microsoft browser here is astonishing.
    
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- woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  I mean the choice between only two browser engines isn’t what I would call “free” though, especially since Firefox is also pulling more and more bullshit.
  
  Gecko and Chromium are both fully free software. Old Edge isn’t.
  
  He made a good overall point.
  
  No. It was a very weak defense of proprietary software.
  
  Just saying he is wrong doesn’t actually make him wrong.
  
  Just saying that doesn’t make it wrong but the “argument” is wrong.
  
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  - Mondez@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Less diversity isn’t good, the argument wasn’t in favour of proprietary software, it was against platform monoculture.
    
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    woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Less diversity isn’t good
    
    Less proprietary crap is good. Free software is always preferable to fake diversity through proprietary Microsoft products.
    
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