Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoAd blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harderwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1620arrow-down13
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·9 hours agoThe biggest issue is that making a browser from scratch takes a lot of resources. It’s not cheap and takes a long time. We essentially have Chrome and Firefox now. And Firefox is starting to enshitify. We desperately need a third browser.
minus-squareknexcar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours ago We desperately need a third browser. Safari?
minus-squareGalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 hours agoIt’s happening, it’s just taking a little time.
minus-squareMrKoyun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoAlso, even though everyone is probably aware of it, Ladybird.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoEven if they manage the compatibility, extensions are a big factor. Bitwarden, adblock, sponsor block, multi account containers, libredirect… Without those, I don’t think I would adopt.
minus-squareMrKoyun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoAll of these are pretty “enthusiast/tinkerer” stuff. Some rando that doesnt use these also won’t be touching servo or ladybird basically ever. I think they would get adapted pretty fast for use among “us”.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoNot to mention googles continued attempts to enforce standards that essentially amount to a whitelist to freeze out any possible competition.
minus-squareJustTesting@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoPlus firefox mostly exists because google pays them, probably so there’s no anti-trust action against them.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoGoogle pays them the make Goigle the default search engine.
The biggest issue is that making a browser from scratch takes a lot of resources. It’s not cheap and takes a long time.
We essentially have Chrome and Firefox now. And Firefox is starting to enshitify.
We desperately need a third browser.
Safari?
It’s happening, it’s just taking a little time.
Also, even though everyone is probably aware of it, Ladybird.
Even if they manage the compatibility, extensions are a big factor.
Bitwarden, adblock, sponsor block, multi account containers, libredirect… Without those, I don’t think I would adopt.
All of these are pretty “enthusiast/tinkerer” stuff. Some rando that doesnt use these also won’t be touching servo or ladybird basically ever. I think they would get adapted pretty fast for use among “us”.
Not to mention googles continued attempts to enforce standards that essentially amount to a whitelist to freeze out any possible competition.
Plus firefox mostly exists because google pays them, probably so there’s no anti-trust action against them.
Google pays them the make Goigle the default search engine.