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The author is wrong in one point, Electron is not based on Chrome, it's based on Chromium, and you don't need to trust Google because it's 100% open source.

• ___alt 8y ago
  By default, Chromium still integrates heavily with Google services. See project ungoogled-chromium for details: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
  • hannasanarion 8y ago
    Since when does electron make you log in with Google?
    • pritambaral 8y ago
      Integration with Google services does not require logging in to Google services. For a benign example: using Google search For a less benign example: your browser/device/network being tracked for ads when using Google search
      • hannasanarion 8y ago
        Electron is not a search engine or a browser, and it does not serve ads.
        • pritambaral 8y ago
          Google Play Services (on Android) is not a search engine or a browser, either. Google Home does not serve ads, either. My original comment's grand-parent did not claim if Electron was a browser or a search-engine, or if it showed ads, just that it is not necessarily independent of Google services just because it's built from Chromium.