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Re:Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web i... by TAForObvReasons on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:20AM (#28976533)
The controversy at the time was that it didn't need to be embedded in the browser and it was a proprietary blob.

It literally took years to get to a point where the bundled parts were released as open source (see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343006 ). Obviously there are legal concerns etc, but many of the critics would have been much happier if the extension were released as open source first rather than adding proprietary code to the browser

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Re:Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web i... by vord1080 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:23AM (#28976545)
For what technical reason would it be a proprietary blob? The Firefox frontend has been html/xul/css/js forever. Pocket would be implemented the same. I can't see why it would need to be a binary.
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Re:Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web i... by dralley on Sunday October 24, 2021 @12:16PM (#28979289)
Pocket was an acquisition, not something they had written themselves.
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