Notices by Charles Roper (charlesroper@indieweb.social)

@aral @darth_mall As I understand it, they're trying to find ways to make money (because the whole business model for browsers is fucked) so they can get off Google dependence. I'd rather have a somewhat dysfunctional Mozilla than no Mozilla. It's like democracy: it's the least bad option.

@aral @darth_mall Tolerating? What’s the story there?

@seb_ly @aral

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Also, run by a human, which helps. https://buttondown.email/features/run-by-a-human

@aral @Lobau Can you recommend a laptop?

@aral Did you see the data from the 2022 SO survey?

https://www.omglinux.com/devs-prefer-linux-to-mac-stackoverflow-survey/

@mxbck @chriscoyier But why aren’t more people talking about how it’s “just” another Chromium? That worrying fact seems to be absent from most discussion or a minimal side note, at best? Have we given up on any hope of engine diversity and handed the game to Google? Does it matter in 2023?

https://infrequently.org/series/browser-choice-must-matter/

Praise of Arc’s UI may be justified, but it is also a welcome opportunity to talk about engine diversity, surely?

@mxbck @chriscoyier My fear has been for a while that developers perceive the war to be lost. It’s not, because Mozilla is still alive, and important products run on its engine, and it has decent usage. But it is in the interests of the big players to have us believe the war is lost. We can do more to keep the conversation alive.

cc @slightlyoff @owa