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by devnullbrain 353 days ago
We don't do desktop computing like we did then. Most of what was separate applications then are now done in-browser: it's like running a virtual machine inside your OS.

I don't need to know that what I'm using is Edge/Chrome/Firefox any more than I need to know that what I'm using is Windows/etc.
1 comments
iamtedd 353 days ago
This argument would make more sense if it wasn't in a thread talking about all the other apps besides the browser that does this.
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devnullbrain 353 days ago
My point is that there rarely are other 'apps' in use.
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DidYaWipe 352 days ago
That assertion is absurd.
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devnullbrain 352 days ago
It is not novel to point out that more things are webapps or Electron.
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DidYaWipe 351 days ago
"More things" than what? And novelty has nothing to do with it. This is about validity.
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