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Manifest V2 phase-out begins (blog.chromium.org)

submitted 5 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Internet is dominated by Netscape, then crushed by MS giving its browser away.. Firefox steps in for a while and is great but starts to suck / get slow, google steps in people start to shift to google, everyone is on google... Wonder who steps in next.

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There’s a lot more vendor lock in than there has been in the past. I don’t see there being a major change without legislation. It’s still too early to see how the EU’s DMA will affect market share, but it’s probably the best hope, even if it is limited to a few geographical areas.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There’s a lot more vendor lock in than there has been in the past. I don’t see there being a major change without legislation

LOL no.. ActiveX on IE was the ultimate lock in, and that is gone now.. Also we have A LOT of chromium based clones that don't have these restrictions.. It will still be a popularity contest.

Firefox however is limited by its in ability / unwillingness to license or implement some DRM features / Codecs which kind of sucks.

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An even bigger restriction is how iOS just blocks all competing browser engines. It doesn’t matter what sites do or don’t require. If a site is broken in Safari, I just have to go use a different device. On all other operating systems you do have a bit more options, but they all pretty aggressively push you into using the manufacturer’s choice.

Sent from my iPhone

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

True.. but you can install content blocker plugins on iOS now from the app store and as far as mobile goes Android offer an alternative.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I'm afraid well-established "standards" are nearly impossible to overturn.