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Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope by krapp on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:15PM (#15942831)
One possible reason is that a truly open web would include things advocates for an open web don't want, such as advertising and commercial interests, or javascript.
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Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope by em3rgent0rdr on Saturday December 16, 2017 @07:17PM (#15943088)
Excellent point. I fear many attempts at the open web failed because they were a little too anti-capitalist or FOSS-purist and ignored basic economic realities.
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