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Re:Operation Rosehub – patching thousands of open-source pro... by jpatokal on Thursday March 02, 2017 @04:57AM (#13772924)
You're going to have to explain that one a bit. Or perhaps you think Tim Berners-Lee is responsible for popunder ads, and Jon Postel for unsolicited Viagra spam?
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Re:Operation Rosehub – patching thousands of open-source pro... by dao- on Thursday March 02, 2017 @05:43AM (#13773108)
Their browser market dominance (which they got in part through shady marketing strategies) is a big part of it.

How do you think we got here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13763759

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Re:Operation Rosehub – patching thousands of open-source pro... by sjellis on Thursday March 02, 2017 @09:15AM (#13774084)
> Their browser market dominance (which they got in part through shady marketing strategies) is a big part of it.

I have to point out that Microsoft are still the biggest supplier of desktop Web browsers.

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Re:Operation Rosehub – patching thousands of open-source pro... by rimantas on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:00AM (#13773446)
Of course, we all know that Tim makes money by selling ads. And Google, on the other hand, has nothing to do with it /s
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