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 DonHopkins on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:40AM (#43854718)

>You do not need to "deliver" inside a bloated VM you know.

>Just to spell it out, a web browser is a bloated VM these days.

Then Java applets? Oops, that's a bloated VM too.

And how is an M4 emulating x86 code or jitting WASM code not also a bloated VM? Bloated VMs are here to stay.

>> And no more zoom meetings

>Yes please. No more zoom meetings. Ever.

Yay, we've found common ground! Want to chat about it on zoom? ;)

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by nottorp on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:33AM (#43855432)

I can read and write just fine thank you, want o chat about it on irc? :)

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by 20after4 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @06:55AM (#43856043)

IRC and other simple tech are the real losers in the modern tech ecosystem.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by mikrotikker on Friday May 02, 2025 @06:33AM (#43868072)

If the problem could add reactions and replies it would enable the clients to make it more engaging like it's modern contemporaries

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