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by pwdisswordfish0 1922 days ago
> the browser itself can't overcome the fundamental bloat and decay of the web as we know it today

There's nothing "fundamental" about web bloat.

Here's a simple litmus test for Gemini: take a look at a few of the personal websites for people who've spoken highly of Gemini. How many of them have exercised restraint and eschewed with all the sorts of things that Gemini disallows? How many of them have embraced features of the Web that are not permitted in Gemini?

> rather than trying to build on top of a platform that, by its nature, inevitably tends towards centralization and capitalization

If we take it for granted that it's true of the Web (and that's being generous), why is Gemini going to fare better?

These all seem like a bunch of vague and empty talking points for a piece of tech who's main catalyst for coming into interest and capturing attention comes down to NIH, and not actually any fundamental correctness about its nature.