• P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    True, but if an adblocker no longer works on a specific browser, change your browser! I started using Netscape back in '94, and lost count on how many browsers I’ve tested and used in the past… Holy shit, 30+ years!!

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      8 hours ago

      30+ years!

      …fuck off, '94 wasn’t 30… counts on fingers several times

      …Shit…

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        It doesn’t sound right but it is. I think in ‘94 I was using Juno for email and internet. Shortly after that it was time to actually use one of the many AOL trial discs for service instead of a mini frisbee/ninja star.

        Modem sounds, chat rooms, you’ve got mail. What a time to live!

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        6 hours ago

        I know… Jurassic Park is 33 years this year. It would be like watching a movie from the 60’ when it was released.

        We’re old, friend.

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      16 hours ago

      In the past 10 years it’s pretty much just been Firefox, Safari, Explorer/Edge, and Chrome. 99% of browsers are just skinned Chrome. Even Edge now. Opera’s engine died in 2013.

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        15 hours ago

        99% if browsers are just skinned Chrome.

        Yup. Hence, the reason I originally suggested to use Firefox, only because it’s not built on Chromium.

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          11 hours ago

          Hence, the reason I originally suggested to use Firefox

          Just FYI, the word “hence” literally means “for this reason”. So you just said “for this reason the reason” lol.

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          15 hours ago

          Chrome forked Webkit in 2012 to create Blink. It is reasonable to assume they have somewhat diverged since.

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          10 hours ago

          They’re developed separately. It’s a hard fork so I consider them different.

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            That’s also hugely in part because Apple develops Webkit at a snails pace. Some say they gimp their own rendring engine so that it isn’t competitive with native applications from the App Store. This way, there’s less incentive for developers to make web-apps to avoid the 30% app store tax.

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            Man I haven’t been around that long but I feel like some of my knowledge is outdated and I have to start with “a long time ago in a galaxy far far away” because I stopped paying attention