Re:The endless browser wars
by thejohnconway on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:49AM
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If you’re running a closed source operating system (or large parts of it are closed source) why would you be particularly concerned about your browser?
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Your question doesn't make sense except from a very, very narrow ideological perspective.
It's useful to have an Open Source browser since:
- most of the standards that a browser implements are also open standards
- if it's under a permissive license, you can port it to either your own device, or unsupported devices.
- proprietary browsers are influenced by business goals to do untoward things with regard to privacy and incompatible changes.
- cross-platform abilities. I use Firefox across Mac OS, linux and Windows, though mainly Mac OS.
Source: ex-Netscape,was a member of a well-known browser protocol committee.
> if it's under a permissive license, you can port it to either your own device, or unsupported devices.
You can do that even if it's copylefted. What difference does it make? As long as it is free software you can do it.