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All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 (danfabulich.medium.com)
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I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

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[โ€“] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that what wasm kinda is?

[โ€“] chrash0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

not really. using WASM as your full stack for your front end is just adding to the complexity and jank. WASM is there for compute heavy stuff. you can use it that way if you want.