The ad company hates ad blockers. Whoda thunk it? Also, don’t let web browser engines become a monoculture. We went through this shit with Internet Explorer. We know where this leads.
Let’s be very clear here. Chrome ripped off the hard work from the KDE webkit people. That is also the reason much of it is open source, because open source and volunteer contributions made it live.
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”.
It can definitely be both at once. Could be paying an inflated amount, or they could just be doing it to keep FF alive. It’s not like helping their direct competitor provides a direct advantage, and FF would be in a lot worse of a situation without the Google money.
Everyone always forgets about WebKit, and QtWebEngine. QtWebEngine is a Blink (Chromium) fork, but it’s so far from the codebase that it’s functionally different. It still does get detected as Chrome tho
The ad company hates ad blockers. Whoda thunk it? Also, don’t let web browser engines become a monoculture. We went through this shit with Internet Explorer. We know where this leads.
Let’s be very clear here. Chrome ripped off the hard work from the KDE webkit people. That is also the reason much of it is open source, because open source and volunteer contributions made it live.
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.
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.
Pretty sure I remember hearing that Microsoft was also the biggest funder for Netscape back in the day.
Google pays them the make Goigle the default search engine.
It can definitely be both at once. Could be paying an inflated amount, or they could just be doing it to keep FF alive. It’s not like helping their direct competitor provides a direct advantage, and FF would be in a lot worse of a situation without the Google money.
Safari?
Everyone always forgets about WebKit, and QtWebEngine. QtWebEngine is a Blink (Chromium) fork, but it’s so far from the codebase that it’s functionally different. It still does get detected as Chrome tho