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Ladybird Browser Team Selects Swift as Preferred Language (linuxiac.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would have preferred Rust, a language created by Mozilla instead of one with ties to Apple, but I'm not a dev so I can't really judge. What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But alternatives already exist in the form of Safari and Firefox.

[–] firewood010 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Firefox is somehow struggling at picking up feedback from users and Safari is not open source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Alright then when the stars align perfectly and this pie in the sky becomes a reality maybe we can seriously consider regulating Google.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Putting aside the fact that you're engaging in extremely blatant goalpost moving, WebKit is open source and is being used by open source browsers like GNOME Web.