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> Brave should recognize its total dependence on Google and its continued goodwill What do you mean? Brave is based on Chromium, which is open source. Google
by jefftk 7y ago
> Brave should recognize its total dependence on Google and its continued goodwill
What do you mean? Brave is based on Chromium, which is open source. Google can't stop people from using it.
(Disclosure: I work for Google)
- input_sh 7y agoGoogle is the dictator of what gets accepted into Chromium and what does not. That's how open source development works -- even if the code is available to everyone, its maintainers control its future.
- ryacko 7y agoMore significantly, (as far as I know) there is not much open discussion about Chromium’s goals or roadmap. The reduction of Adblock blacklists in Chromium was announced, there wasn’t some public mailing list where a flame war began over it.
- jefftk 7y agoRegardless of how Chromium is run [1] Brave is still in a position to make their browser work however they want. They can choose what Chromium features to enable, and take the code any direction they want. [1] Your categorization doesn't match what I've seen. Microsoft has been driving substantial changes as Edge moves onto it.