Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin
Why we need Ladybird [audio] (changelog.com)
24 points by xwall on Aug 15, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


22:10 "I think the web is going to be around forever. It's only getting bigger, more ingrained in our life and more powerful, and I think we need something that's not controlled by Google."


Ladybird has definitely picked a hard path for itself, 3 of the richest software companies on he planet (Google, Apple, Microsoft) all chose to start with an existing codebase to create a browser that they control.


"We currently have 6 paid full-time engineers working on Ladybird" - and onboarding another one. That's quite the achievement in such a short amount of time.


... transcript?


I'm not wasting 103 minutes of my life to find this out.

Tell me in one sentence or GTFO.


I haven’t even heard the podcast, but it’s got to be: browsers made by an advertising company don’t have your best interests at hard, as evidenced by Chrome disabling unlock Origin and reneging on a commitment to disable third-party cookies. It’s not just Google, Mozilla, Microsoft and Apple are also advertising companies.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: