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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by shadowgovt on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:05PM (#41267602)
I have about as much faith in the open source community maintaining a machine as complicated as a full browser without significant corporate backing as I have in OpenOffice displacing Microsoft Office in my lifetime, but hope springs eternal.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by MrDrMcCoy on Friday August 16, 2024 @09:19PM (#41271691)
Consider that KHTML, the grandfather of just about every modern engine that isn't Gecko, was a fairly small open source project. Ladybird is open source and surprisingly usable for its youth and single developer.

Speaking from personal experience, I write my best code when I'm frustrated by the absence of something I need. I'm sure many others here are the same way. If a sufficient fire is lit under the community to make the web continue to work in the absence of the old guard, I'm pretty sure it'll happen.

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