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minus-square 🏴حمید پیام عباسی🏴@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago the operating system should provide basic browser functionalit Microsoft got literally sued and almost dissolved as a company for that
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd what did we get for it? If you search “chrome install” in Edge it pulls a Janet, all like
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBut that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem
Microsoft got literally sued and almost dissolved as a company for that
And what did we get for it? If you search “chrome install” in Edge it pulls a Janet, all like
But that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app
If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone
Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem