• @Opisek@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      TCP over IP as a protocol is an “open standard”. Network implementations are nearly always strictly proprietary.

      The “protocols” behind browsers are public. HTML, CSS, and ECMAScript are all well defined on sites like the Mozilla documentation. You are free to implement your own browser that follows these standards.

    • @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      219 hours ago

      browsers are not protocols but applications. how do you make an open standard for an application? was that done before?

      • @turnip@sh.itjust.works
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        118 hours ago

        Well Edge is a fork of Chromium. The problem is its centrally controlled by Google and large tech giants, hence them banning adblock and such.