looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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    It is static pages with hyperlinks, only in a different protocol. It’s supposed to be like upgraded Gopher with some good things from modernity and HTTP.

    Static pages with hyperlinks have evolved into a certain horror we all know. One of the stated goals is that Gemini is not extensible by design. It’s not intended to easily grow additional features, even server-side theming of pages.

    Why new protocol and clients - because of control. It’s a small protocol, clients are simple, they don’t need all the sandboxing and interpreting and DOM that web browsers have.

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      Static pages with hyperlinks have evolved into a certain horror we all know.

      Why couldn’t this just be a webring of sites following a specific design philosophy?

      This is a neat idea, but the requirement of installing a whole new piece of software just to decide if it’s worth exploring is already a non-starter.

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        I mean, there’s the FAQ for this question among others, and it’s like asking why Linux and not some Windows 1337 Pr0 B00tl3g Edition.

        This is a neat idea, but the requirement of installing a whole new piece of software just to decide if it’s worth exploring is already a non-starter.

        That “whole new piece of software” takes many times less than loading a webpage FFS, how often do you visit new webpages? And some people also play games, is installing a game a non-starter?