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All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 (danfabulich.medium.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it's free software (which it should be), then we'd be able to see any backdoors they add.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Oh sweet summer child.