Comment by hnfong
1 year ago
The big players have made the web so complicated that it's impossible to maintain one's own standards compliant browser without millions of investment, and you don't get a business model because everyone else is giving their out for "free".
This problem really needs to be fixed, though I have no idea how...
Web technologies enable server-client apps that can rival desktop apps, and Browsers are almost as complex as Operating Systems. What you describe isn't a problem, it's made like this because they're very useful and complex technology stacks
Millions in investment won't cut it either. You need a lot of time in addition to write code that efficiently captures the problem