teft@startrek.website to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chromearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square326fedilinkarrow-up11.38Karrow-down124cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@midwest.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.socialandroid@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaresmileyhead@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoThere is an issue with monoculture of rendering engines. Developers assume every browser have the same things implemented and start to build around this assumption. Also Google can dictate how the web looks like.
minus-squareDrDeadCrash@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoExactly, we’ve seen this previously with Internet explorer.
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd Netscape before that, it had reached 90% market share.
minus-squareDrDeadCrash@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoYou’re missing the point. Netscape implemented the html standard, they didn’t introduce new, proprietary “features” to gain that market share.
There is an issue with monoculture of rendering engines. Developers assume every browser have the same things implemented and start to build around this assumption. Also Google can dictate how the web looks like.
Exactly, we’ve seen this previously with Internet explorer.
And Netscape before that, it had reached 90% market share.
You’re missing the point. Netscape implemented the html standard, they didn’t introduce new, proprietary “features” to gain that market share.