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Great article. Essentially Google is removing Chromium's ability to sync via Chrome's servers, greatly reducing the usefulness of the open source version. I pe
by kylebenzle 6y ago
Great article. Essentially Google is removing Chromium's ability to sync via Chrome's servers, greatly reducing the usefulness of the open source version.
I personally had long argued for the use of Chromium and this was a massive oversight of mine. I thought Chromium was a viable alternative to Chrome but no I realize Google's plan all along was probably to get their foot in the door then pull the "open source" rug out from us as soon as they could.
More than anything this single action cements Google as a bad actor, one that should be avoided as much as possible moving forward. The more people refusing to use Google products moving forward the better.
- corty 6y agoWell, one could argue Chromium is now more compliant with the spirit of Free Software because it doesn't use Google's proprietary, closed, spying bookmark sync service anymore
- cromwellian 6y agoChrome sync isn't why people use Chromium. So if a browser doesn't have bookmark sync to a central proprietary service, all of a sudden there's no point in using it? I'm a Google employee and I don't even use Chrome Sync for my non-corporate accounts.
- npteljes 6y agoI think your comment shows a misunderstanding of open source. Open source doesn't mean that a service is provided free of charge. You can just get the code, and that's it, no usability is implied. They absolutely don't pull the open source rug, in fact they are shining a light on how NOT open-source your Chromium experience was. I agree with one thing though: services are not to be trusted. They, or at least you, should have ways to migrate, as painlessly as possible.