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Yes, it's pretty easy to disassemble it and find out. It's basically auto-updates, some closed-source extensions like Chromecast (although you can manually down

by geofft 7y ago

Yes, it's pretty easy to disassemble it and find out. It's basically auto-updates, some closed-source extensions like Chromecast (although you can manually download the Chromecast bits for Chromium if you'd like), some branding differences as compile-time #defines. https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/chromium_browser_vs_google_chrome.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs... (Do you know that all of Chromium is in fact open source? Have you looked at the source and the build process? Are there any parts in it that are actually precompiled binary blobs?)

colejohnson66 7y ago
Does Chromium contain the DRM needed to play sites like Netflix? I know many here are against DRM, but it’s necessary if I want to use my Netflix.
- singron 7y ago
  Widevine is a DLL bundled with Chrome. You can copy it into a Chromium installation and use Netflix. I don't know if this violates TOS/licenses/law.
- behringer 7y ago
  Netflix will play a 720p version if you don't have a DRM supported browser. Also netflix distributes native apps to all platforms, which means you don't need chrome to use netflix in full fidelity on any device except maybe linux?