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I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

governments

Be careful what you ask for :(.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

South Korea mandated internet explorer for all purchase checkout until relatively recently maybe the last 5 years. They had all these pieces built around it so checking out at a website you would have to prove your identity using national ID and then only IE would work.

Be very careful what you ask for.

[–] homoludens 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Also: be careful who you vote into office.

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 2 points 8 hours ago
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