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stronglikedan 4 days ago

> Ladybird is at least fighting for diversity

What does this even mean? And if it's an important part of a business model, how do you know that Omarchy isn't?

EasyMark 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

There are only a limited number of browser engines out currently and lady bird adds another, hence diversity enhancement. Omarchy is +1 more distro out of thousands, hence while making the "market" a little bit more diverse it's not a huge double-digit percentage increase in viable browser engines. Pretty straight forward.

brirec 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think the parent comment means that Ladybird is fighting to be an additional browser engine in the current ecosystem of “Chromium and a couple of tiny, unimportant competitors.”

However, on the subject of the other meaning of “diversity,” and whether or not it is in the business models of either of these projects, I think we have pretty conclusive evidence that actually it is NOT a core value to either of them:

Citation for Ladybird: https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/ladybird-inclusivity...

Citation for DHH, the creator of Omarchy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30600746

As someone directly affected by this sort of thing, I really want nothing to do with either project.

I also can’t help but notice that this “tech-right smell” is about the only thing that these two projects seem to have in common with one another, making me question Cloudflare’s intentions with this.

lukaslalinsky 4 days ago | parent [-]

Exactly, I meant was browser engine diversity.