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Re:Browser Extensions Standard by mekkkkkk on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @02:28PM (#14903801)
I don't really agree with that analogy. Dealing with hardware versus software is vastly different. Demanding driver updates from manufacturers, and then enforcing them onto users is real messy compared to changing an API (with reasonable heads up) and expecting extension developers to adhere or become incompatible.
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Re:Browser Extensions Standard by JadeNB on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:32PM (#14907720)
> Dealing with hardware versus software is vastly different.

I agree; it's important not to read too much (which may be anything!) into the analogy. I just meant that there's a trade-off between flexibility and optimisation, and mentioned the first example of that trade-off that came to mind.

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