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Why is it so expensive to develop a web browser?
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If only non-animated content could be rendered using something other than HTML/CSS.
I mean, most web content such as news or blogs are static text plus images. We could use a much simpler format with a really low entry point for more competition.
We can use apps for the complicated and dynamic content. I’m really generalizing but it’s out of frustration from how shitty the web has become and how it’s controlled by so few mega corporations.
There are other formats. For example markdown is widely used in the web. It's biggest problem is the lack of standardization though.
It's been tried.
Lots of people do use gemini, but I think it's past the point where, if were ever going to catch on, it would have.
Personally, I think it's mostly OK, but went too far with simplifying the gmi spec; it's too simple. And some things that need to be possible for success, aren't, and never can be. I think it's too flawed to have ever caught on.
Wish at least Lemmy and Mastodon (the whole fediverse) were possible to see in Gemini browsers at least (i'm using Lagrange in case anyone wants to try), we are already immune to the technical and commercial obstacles of mainstream web, and are just text and image.
That's exactly what I mean. The FediVerse in general can work fine without JavaScript, CSS, or any cruft, but Gemini is even too simple for that to be an enjoyable experience. IMO.
The obscene amount of copyright protection BS and ads and tracking probably doesn't help. The average website, in my eyes, is massively bloated and over engineered for the content they actually deliver.