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Re: "Stumbled upon this article, "Gemini is solutionism at its..."
This person seems to have missed "lack of extensibility" as one of Gemini's design goals. Once that enters the picture it's pretty obvious why HTTP is not suitable for what Gemini is trying to do.
They've also apparently decided to start keeping a running tab of "notable" people leaving Gemini, as if that's proof of their technical criticisms being right. It tells me this person doesn't really care, they're just putting on a show for attention.
2023-09-08 · 3 weeks ago
IMO it's not the protocol, it's the browser. The issue is that you cannot up and build a browser that's a rational alternative to Firefox or Chrome. Even just switching off JavaScript in Firefox basically breaks half the web. Switching off cookies turns it into a nightmare space where you can see the demons behind the pretty faces.
Yes there's a small web, but the feature set is so distinct from the modern web that you can probably split out two browsers with mutually exclusive functionality where one would work in the modern web but not small web, and the other would work on small web but not modern.
2023-09-11 · 3 weeks ago
@gyaradong You're right, http is a good protocol, but browsers were left with the liberty of improvising and adding more stuff as time went by. Cookies are a good example of that, and something that should have never been adopted widely, it's an abomination that destroys any semblance of privacy.
2023-09-11 · 2 weeks ago
Stumbled upon this article, "Gemini is solutionism at its worst" [https link] "Gemini is solutionism at its worst" "Bottom line is, if you agree that the modern web has become an awful place, let’s work on changing that for everyone, instead of abandoning it like a bunch of billionaires trying to escape to a different place, before this one collapses." I think that's where i disagree the most. The "modern web" won't be reformed, not a chance, it will stay the same, or get worse. So what's...
💬 gemalaya · 7 comments · 5 likes · 2023-09-08 · 3 weeks ago