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by lukan 722 days ago
It is pretty nice, but my thirst thoughts were also, how this will make new browser engines more hard to make.
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We passed that threshold in 2019 when Microsoft gave up trying to make a browser engine because it was too difficult.
Or they don't know what they gain from maintaining their own.
Well, they had a dominating browser for many years, so they know the benefit. Apparently they decided it is cheaper to just focus on the "user experience".

Now they can still control what buttons there are and whatbis shown on the home screen by default, but do not have to bother so much with all the expensive technical details.

Yet, Ladybird.dev is happening.