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All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025(danfabulich.medium.com)

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I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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There are four of them?

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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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Firefox, safari, chrome, edge. Depending on your perspective that’s either 3 or 4.

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micke@lemm.ee
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Edge is Chrome, so three then.

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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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Yep that’s what I meant by the “depending on your perspective” bit

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grue@lemmy.world
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Chrome used to be Safari, so it’s really more like two and a half.

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