What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default?

  • Mio@feddit.nu
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    9 months ago

    Make the choice so it install the browser and uninstall other browsers as well. I can’t belive it is not standard with this simple choice that the user should be forced to do on any OS. EU do something about this!

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I think if you asked people, it’s one of those questions that sound good so of course they’ll say yes. In practice, they’re too lazy and can’t be bothered, and that’s where they privacy invasive and monopoly practices take over. Because in the end, path of least resistance and defaults is what determines what the majority do.

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    10 months ago

    So I’m just thinking about how this would work, in a perfectly non-competitive world:

    There’d need to be some Browser Standards Association to implement and suggest browsers to add to a list of “certified browsers”, with transparent requirements to be included to ensure low quality or outdated browsers aren’t included. The OS would need to implement that entire list in a randomized format. There’d preferably be some sort of built-in pros/cons list of the browser, I suppose these could be put together by a combination of the BSA and the competing browsers.
    But these pros/cons won’t be understandable or significant to 95% of people.

    The BSA would also want to ensure there’s diversity not just in browser and companies (like Opera getting 3 fucking entries), but would also want to ensure there’s a variety of browser engines (preferably not just chromium and webkit).