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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: 0.301s | 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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1. fithisux ◴[19 Nov 25 09:32 UTC] No.45977574[source]▶
Why keep XSLT if the huge majority of devs use the HTML5+CSS+Javascript combo? Why pump money on a standard which will not be used?

Are XML technologies better or safer? Probably. However practice sets the standards. Is it a good thing? It remains to be seen.

Personally I am not satisfied with the "Web" experience. I find it unsafe, privacy disrespecting, slow and non-standards compliant.