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by renewiltord 1224 days ago
This is true. But my browser cannot possibly know whether I want:

- page zoom at 100% or different

- hardware acceleration on or off

- autofill on

- history tracked

- cookies recorded

And it is able to do it. Software engineering is usually far ahead of most other fields, it is true, but I think this concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_(computer_science) is transferable without it being too much trouble.