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minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWhy can’t they just use the Wikipedia model? That should bring in enough to cover development and operating costs.
minus-squareAdalast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoBecause a browser is several orders of magnitudee more complex than a website.
minus-squaretoastmeister@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoWikimedia is even using php still. Firefox created Rust I believe, in order to advance.
minus-squaredenshi@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoRust was originally created by a Mozilla dev as a hobby project. Also, the Mozilla rust team was fired in 2020 during a “restructuring”.
Why can’t they just use the Wikipedia model? That should bring in enough to cover development and operating costs.
Because a browser is several orders of magnitudee more complex than a website.
Wikimedia is even using php still. Firefox created Rust I believe, in order to advance.
Rust was originally created by a Mozilla dev as a hobby project. Also, the Mozilla rust team was fired in 2020 during a “restructuring”.