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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by 6510 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:34AM (#43854342)
The winning (marketingwise) systems couldn't get sandboxing to work. You couldn't simply download software and run it.
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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by watermelon0 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:01AM (#43854494)
Sure, but back then people were used to downloading and running random exe files (even from really untrusted sources such as torrent sites, eMule, etc.)
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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by 6510 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @10:15PM (#43865504)
imho, there are no trusted sources nor should we need them. One can have a good track record for as long as it lasts.
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