• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I mean the choice between only two browser engines isn’t what I would call “free” though, especially since Firefox is also pulling more and more bullshit.

    Gecko and Chromium are both fully free software. Old Edge isn’t.

    He made a good overall point.

    No. It was a very weak defense of proprietary software.

    Just saying he is wrong doesn’t actually make him wrong.

    Just saying that doesn’t make it wrong but the “argument” is wrong.

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      9 hours ago

      Less diversity isn’t good, the argument wasn’t in favour of proprietary software, it was against platform monoculture.

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        5 hours ago

        Less diversity isn’t good

        Less proprietary crap is good. Free software is always preferable to fake diversity through proprietary Microsoft products.