• AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Internet is dominated by Netscape, then crushed by MS giving its browser away… Firefox steps in for a while and is great but starts to suck / get slow, google steps in people start to shift to google, everyone is on google… Wonder who steps in next.

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      5 months ago

      I’m afraid well-established “standards” are nearly impossible to overturn.

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      5 months ago

      There’s a lot more vendor lock in than there has been in the past. I don’t see there being a major change without legislation. It’s still too early to see how the EU’s DMA will affect market share, but it’s probably the best hope, even if it is limited to a few geographical areas.

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        5 months ago

        There’s a lot more vendor lock in than there has been in the past. I don’t see there being a major change without legislation

        LOL no… ActiveX on IE was the ultimate lock in, and that is gone now… Also we have A LOT of chromium based clones that don’t have these restrictions… It will still be a popularity contest.

        Firefox however is limited by its in ability / unwillingness to license or implement some DRM features / Codecs which kind of sucks.