{
  "id": 17983472,
  "title": "Death comes for XSLT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/death-comes-for-xslt",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:19:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://dbushell.com/2026/11/03/xslt-rip/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google announced plans to retire XSLT last Halloween, a decision influenced by other browser vendors. The developer community reacted with the creation of XSLT.RIP, a site dedicated to informing developers of Google's decision. However, some believed it was satire. The site is built using XSLT, meaning it would be affected by Google's planned removal of the technology. Google had previously adhered to a social contract of backward compatibility, but this has changed. Chromium-based browsers were running a man-in-the-middle attack, injecting propaganda into XSLT websites, which would soon be rendered inaccessible. Google's actions are seen as arrogant and intrusive, breaking the web and expecting website owners to fix the problem.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}