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Qutebrowser is nice, but it uses the same webengine (QtWebengine) that chrome uses. This is a concern for some
by dead_mall 7y ago
Qutebrowser is nice, but it uses the same webengine (QtWebengine) that chrome uses. This is a concern for some
- jolmg 7y agoI don't have chrome, but I have chromium, and I don't see its package depend on the qt5-webengine package that qutebrowser depends on. Doesn't chrome/chromium use their own web engine called Blink[1]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)
- nvrspyx 7y agoI think their comment was either confusing or they misconstrued something. QtWebEngine uses code from Chromium [1], not the other way around. [1]: https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine
- coldtea 7y ago>This is a concern for some I don't think so. Why would it be a concern? It's not like the web rendering engine will "phone home" under your nose or something...
- meruru 7y agoI don't use any of these alternative browsers because I don't want to increase the Blink/Webkit marketshare even further.
- dead_mall 7y agoThis ^
- dead_mall 7y agoConcern in the sense that some people don't want to be using the same kit as other browsers do. (E.g. this guy https://reddit.com/r/qutebrowser/comments/a4uk9r/use_of_webkit/ebil28j https://reddit.com/r/qutebrowser/comments/a4uk9r/use_of_webk...)