Paul Ford says the cost of web browser capability keeps falling
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In his November 5, 2026 article "The Web Is More Than Enough," Paul Ford argues that the web browser is an extremely powerful piece of application software, and that the cost of acquiring this capability is falling almost every day. Simon Willison relayed this assessment. This is Ford's personal judgment on the relationship between web browser capability and usage cost; the report does not provide specific data or cases to support the conclusion.
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- Simon WillisonQuoting Paul Ford
Paul Ford is quoted: "The web browser is very, very, very powerful software for applications, and the cost of accessing that power is going down seemingly every day." The quote is dated 5th November 2026 and attributed to his piece "The Web Is More Than Enough."
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