Post #2856633

2026-05-06 17:39 UTC

@HunterZ@mastodon.sdf.org @cholling@bytes.programming.dev @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net I understand all that, but imagine if the OS sphere was entirely controlled by corporations. Similarly, if it can be done for OSes, it can be done for rendering engines. Plus with AI agents, there really should be more courageous ventures.

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@cholling@bytes.programming.dev 2026-05-06 17:44

@pl@cosocial.ca @HunterZ@mastodon.sdf.org @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Are you seriously proposing using AI agents in a thread about keeping AI out of the browser?

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@HunterZ@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-06 17:58

@pl@cosocial.ca @cholling@bytes.programming.dev @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Linux is the only meaningful competitor to Apple and Microsoft OSes, and it's a niche thing that is mostly used for servers rather than by end users. It's also now subsidized by corporations because they use it as infrastructure. Browsers on the other hand are an end user thing, so the value proposition of trying to break Google's (and to a lesser extent) Apple's hegemony is much different - especially since Google is also propping up Mozilla to suck even more oxygen.

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