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 whywhywhywhy on Thursday May 01, 2025 @09:43AM (#43857578)

>but rather as part of a global digital infrastructure fund.

How do you ensure it’s not just laundering money with little or no work into the problem.

I think it’s messed up Google essentially funds all browsers but putting it in the hands of politicians isn’t going to help, would be better to try and have more companies funding it so at least the dependency on Google is less.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by moomin on Thursday May 01, 2025 @12:37PM (#43860050)

Maybe ask the Linux Foundation how they do it?

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by pkaye on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:06PM (#43860458)

The Linux Foundation is funded by a large number of companies for which Linux is very critical to them. These companies themselves have their own developers.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by njarboe on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:19PM (#43860606)

For lots of companies (most?), web browsing is critical to them. Amazon could fund browser companies. Brave exists. Is Opera still around?

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday May 01, 2025 @12:52PM (#43860250)

or W3C

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