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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 hours agoRust is faster than JavaScript.
minus-squarerainwall@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-218 hours agoSure, so they should have used some of that AI cash to rebuild ublock origin in rust, or push it further along the path to web assembly its already on.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoThe code is literally right there for the taking. Why would they spend the time rebuilding something when they could just have it for free?
minus-squarerainwall@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoBecause then they would have something better and would have improved one of the most popular extensions in their browser?
Rust is faster than JavaScript.
Sure, so they should have used some of that AI cash to rebuild ublock origin in rust, or push it further along the path to web assembly its already on.
The code is literally right there for the taking. Why would they spend the time rebuilding something when they could just have it for free?
Because then they would have something better and would have improved one of the most popular extensions in their browser?