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I don't know, I think there's a couple examples of these open source projects gaining non-Google traction: - The new Edge, Opera, and Brave are based on Chromi
by ceras 6y ago
I don't know, I think there's a couple examples of these open source projects gaining non-Google traction:
- The new Edge, Opera, and Brave are based on Chromium
- China has a huge ecosystem of non-Google Android devices
Google does exert strong control of their open source code, and Google is clearly the prime beneficiary of them, but the external world has still leveraged these projects nonetheless
- ori_b 6y ago>The new Edge, Opera, and Brave are based on Chromium Largely because Google has pushed enough complexity into the browser that maintaining a browser engine is unaffordable, so you use Chrome as is. Have any of these projects successfully managed to contribute meaningfully, or are they just adding alternative window trimming to chrome?
- bogwog 6y agoAnd the Android in China example doesn't really say much because because the only way that was possible was through the forceful intervention of the Chinese government. Nowhere else in the world is there a market where Android is free from Google's iron grip, outside of tech enthusiast/hacker circles.
- ewoodrich 6y agoAmazon Fire tablets and Fire TV use Android without the Google parts and seem to be pretty successful.
- ladyanita22 6y agoAmazon and their line of Fire and Echo devices.
- bogwog 6y agoThose aren't phones or general purpose computing devices (except maybe the tablets) You could count those, but I don't consider them relevant the same way I don't consider those cheap chinese TV boxes, smart watches, fridges, and other appliances to be relevant here (they could just as well be using Windows 98)