Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit
by jbreckmckye on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @06:56AM
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> people and businesses did it for years
The people were hobbyists and the businesses had other projects.
Relying on "interested members of the public" for news is how people like Alex Jones get started.
Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit
by krapp on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:09AM
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>The people were hobbyists and the businesses had other projects.
Yes, but my point is that publishing to the web doesn't require advertising on the web. Nor does advertising on the web require javascript.
>Relying on "interested members of the public" for news is how people like Alex Jones get started.
It's how a lot of people got started. You seem to be implying some relationship between the presence of political extremism and the absence of advertising, but I don't see any evidence the two are correlated.
Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit
by jbreckmckye on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:17AM
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The point is: large businesses have reputations. They are knowable and generally accountable. They can also protect themselves legally.
Semi-anonymous writers posting blogs are none of those.
You say that as if server space is super expensive, but it isn't, certainly not compared to other forms of media. It's entirely possible to publish to the web without being an elite, people and businesses did it for years before advertising on the web became a thing.