3 ms·
Chrome and Chromium are not some niche products. Same with ads, search and GCP. These things are here to stay for a very long time. There are other problems wi
by dgb23 6y ago
Chrome and Chromium are not some niche products. Same with ads, search and GCP. These things are here to stay for a very long time.
There are other problems with Chrome and Chromium.
Google is a brilliant company and I want to like them. Out of the biggest tech companies they seem to apply the least bullying tactics, worker exploitation and so on.
But the fact that they are an ad company that profiles my behavior leaves a bitter taste. They often gather data in a way that is completely opaque to most people, which I think is problematic.
- mkl95 6y agoLinux makes heavy use of GNU technology, but the GNU OS itself is relatively unknown. Just like Chrome and Edge make heavy use of Chromium, but it is used directly by relatively few users (don't get me wrong, I was a Chromium user for years). Google may be trying to turn the Chromium browser into a "Chromium userland" rather than a browser will full capabilities.