• Geodad@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Why can’t they just use the Wikipedia model? That should bring in enough to cover development and operating costs.

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      6 days ago

      Because a browser is several orders of magnitudee more complex than a website.

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        6 days ago

        Wikimedia is even using php still. Firefox created Rust I believe, in order to advance.

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          5 days ago

          Rust was originally created by a Mozilla dev as a hobby project. Also, the Mozilla rust team was fired in 2020 during a “restructuring”.