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Re:XSLT RIP by hrimfaxi on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:02AM (#45877213)
Smaller browser vendors already pick and choose the features they support. Which companies do you have in mind that are cheering for this initiative?
Re:XSLT RIP by tuveson on Monday November 10, 2025 @12:33PM (#45878348)
The post specifically calls out Apple and Mozilla as wanting to get rid of XSLT support, but just insinuates that this is because Google is paying them off. Obviously I think Google's monopoly position and backroom dealings are bad, but I also think that's completely unrelated, and that the more likely explanation for the other mainstream vendors wanting to get rid of XSLT is that it's a feature virtually no one uses and is likely a maintenance burden for the other non-Chromium browsers.

> Smaller browser vendors already pick and choose the features they support.

If there weren't a gazillion features to support, maybe there would be more browsers. I think criticizing Google and other vendors for _adding_ tons of bloat would be a better use of time.