• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    This is like saying “the duopoly that reigns the water is Maersk and Smartwater”, two companies that do completely different things that just happen to be related to water…

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      9 hours ago

      cloudflare rules the infrastructure in the middle, google rules both ends as it controls the browser and some of the code that runs on the backend.

      you are making a nonsensical comparison.

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        7 hours ago

        Mate, we’re talking about the BROWSER MARKET.

        Even assuming Ladybird somehow gains 100% of that market, completely kicking out anything Chromium related, it has ZERO bearing on who people choose for their host! Cloudflare currently has around 20% of that market, and if Ladybird - today - goes up to 100% share of the browser market, Cloudflare will still hold 20% of hosting!

        You’re talking about some overarching Internet revolution, while the thread is about a single aspect of how people reach the Internet!

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          5 hours ago

          browsers are not a market in themselves. browsers are used to browse the internet. they are irrelevant without the context around it.

          if google or cloudflare decide to create some bullshit attestation system to lock alternatives out and vendors adopt it, it doesn’t matter how many options you have. and they seem to be scoping out how to do just that.