All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding

Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by thbb123 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:31AM (#43854318)

In the late 90's, I attended a talk by Ted Nelson, the guy who coined the term Hypertext. To him, things started going downhill with HTML, and the URL. The gist of his complain is that he wanted links to be bi-directional.

In the 80's, telecom operators were complaining that TCP/IP and packet transmission was a regression over circuit commutation.

So it looks like the internet has progressed through perpetual regression.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by monsieurbanana on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:52AM (#43855579)

The internet is 30-40 years old, and has brought an entirely new paradigm to the world. It has abolished distances, disproportionately increasing the reach of a few.

I'd love to share your optimism that things will keep improving in the long run, but I don't see what you're basing that off.

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