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Google is killing the open web, part 2

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418 points akagusu | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.267s | source
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nwellnhof ◴[17 Nov 25 16:33 UTC] No.45955183[source]▶
Removing XSLT from browsers was long overdue and I'm saying that as ex-maintainer of libxslt who probably triggered (not caused) this removal. What's more interesting is that Chromium plans to switch to a Rust-based XML parser. Currently, they seem to favor xml-rs which only implements a subset of XML. So apparently, Google is willing to remove standards-compliant XML support as well. This is a lot more concerning.
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xmcp123 ◴[17 Nov 25 16:37 UTC] No.45955239[source]▶
It’s interesting to see the casual slide of Google towards almost internet explorer 5.1 style behavior, where standards can just be ignored “because market share”.

Having flashbacks of “<!--[if IE 6]> <script src="fix-ie6.js"></script> <![endif]-->”

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Aurornis ◴[17 Nov 25 16:50 UTC] No.45955370[source]▶
I don’t get the comparison. The XSLT deprecation has support beyond Google.
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amarant ◴[17 Nov 25 17:53 UTC] No.45956044[source]▶
It's just ill-informed ideological thinking. People see Google doing anything and automatically assume it's a bad thing and that it's only happening because Google are evil.

HN has historically been relatively free of such dogma, but it seems times are changing, even here

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1. hn_throwaway_99 ◴[17 Nov 25 18:26 UTC] No.45956372[source]▶
Completely agree. You see this all the time in online discourse. I call it the "two things can be true at the same time" problem, where a lot of people seem unable to believe that 2 things can simultaneously be true, in this case:

1. Google has engaged in a lot of anticompetitive behavior to maintain and extend their web monopoly.

2. Removing XSLT support from browsers is a good idea that is widely supported by all major browser vendors.