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		letitbeirie on Nov 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11... > Netscape died because browsers became a part of the baseline operating system It's hard to decouple the fate of Netscape from their catastrophic decision to rewrite their entire codebase from scratch: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...

mixmastamyk on Nov 17, 2021 [–]

That was the final nail in the coffin, but they had been pushed aside before that. Hence the final "hail mary."

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