On 24/10/2026 13:17, Andreas Røsdal wrote:
lør. 24. okt. 2026, 13:11 skrev Iyán Méndez Veiga <[email protected]>:On 24/10/2026 12:12, Andreas Røsdal wrote:Northstar browser, minimalistic, implemented in C: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/northstar-web-browser"Nordstjernen web browser is a real web browser, not based on Firefox or Chrome. Minimalist version, no AI coding." Yet Claude Code has added over 67k lines of code, probably more. I don't know. For such an important piece of software like a web browser, I prefer to stay with more mature softwareWeb browsers are an important piece of software, which is exactly why there needs to be a variety of alternatives, and the current Chrome+Firefox duopoly controlled by Google, an advertising corporation, needs to be challenged by independent individuals.
Just checked in Cloudflare Radar, and in the last 7 days these are the stats of HTTP requests:
Chrome 71.46% Safari 15.62% Edge 6.35% Firefox 3.73% Samsung Internet 1.53%Putting Firefox in a "duopoly" with <4% of the requests is a bit too much, don't you think?
What about other already existing web browsers like Epiphany [1], Falkon [2], etc [3].
I just fail to see what is the main motivation here? Why not support and improve already existing web browsers outside of your "duopoly" with already more developers and users?
[1]: https://apps.gnome.org/Epiphany/ [2]: https://apps.kde.org/falkon/ [3]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Category:Web_browser -- Iyán Méndez Veiga GPG Key: 204C 461F BA8C 81D1 0327 E647 422E 3694 311E 5AC1
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