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Re:Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower ex... by zlg_codes on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:49PM (#38501909)
They invented ActiveX object and the accompanying XmlHttpRequest that AJAX would later morph into, and then change the X part (XML) to JSON.

While it was innovative, I would argue it's made the Web worse, given the impact of Javascript and surveillance on the Web.

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