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It's trivial to create a browser that's just a Chromium fork. It's nearly impossible to create one that isn't. Firefox (and Tor) is basically the only one. h
by skrowl 6y ago
It's trivial to create a browser that's just a Chromium fork.
It's nearly impossible to create one that isn't. Firefox (and Tor) is basically the only one.
https://alternativeto.net/software/google-chrome/ https://alternativeto.net/software/google-chrome/
- at-fates-hands 6y agoOpera was originally based on the Presto layout engine from 1995-2013. Then it switched to being a Chromium based browser in 2013 so they could utilize the Chromium plug-in ecosystem. The ecosystem is the big issue for a lot of these products. It why Microsoft's Windows phone failed so badly - they didn't have the app store to compete with or allow users to migrate to their platform without losing a lot of apps they already used on Apple or Android. The ecosystem is a major reason why you don't see more competition.
- flagrant 6y ago> Then it switched to being a Chromium based browser in 2013 so they could utilize the Chromium plug-in ecosystem. Opera switched to Chromium because they didn't consider it profitable enough to keep developing their own engine, and laid off a large portion of their browser developers. It was entirely about money and nothing to do with using Chrome extensions.