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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.
He made a good overall point. Just saying he is wrong doesn't actually make him wrong.
Gecko and Chromium are both fully free software. Old Edge isn't.
No. It was a very weak defense of proprietary software.
Just saying that doesn't make it wrong but the "argument" is wrong.
Less diversity isn't good, the argument wasn't in favour of proprietary software, it was against platform monoculture.
Less proprietary crap is good. Free software is always preferable to fake diversity through proprietary Microsoft products.