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Let’s not pretend they do these things as charity. Chrome is open source because, as a fork of WebKit, it has to be. For other things, they use open source to

Let’s not pretend they do these things as charity. Chrome is open source because, as a fork of WebKit, it has to be. For other things, they use open source to drive adoption.

ajayyy 6y ago
This is not true, webkit is BSD license. If that were true, then Edge, Opera, etc. would also be open-source.
- josefx 6y ago
  Going by the wiki entry only Apples additions are BSD the original project is LGPLv2.
ryukafalz 6y ago
Chrome is not open source.
- Gaelan 6y ago
  Sure, but Chromium, which is ~identical, is.
ehsankia 6y ago
This kind of logic is so annoying. If it's so easy / good for profit / advantageous / smart business, then why doesn't Apple do it? The whole "they only do X for profit" is such a lazy argument, because it can be used to argue any side of the argument if you try hard enough.
- madeofpalk 6y ago
  idk, Apple does have open source? Swift is *incredibly* open, but probably a outlier for Apple. It's operating systems aren'tt, but kernal is (right?). None of these companies are open sourcing their core competencies. Google Search isn't open source.
  - jbverschoor 6y ago
    LLVM has been pretty import for Apple. Webkit has been important. BSD has been important, but afaik they don't really contribute a lot back anymore, although Darwin is open source.
jbverschoor 6y ago
Apple was a big contributor to webkit waay before Chrome even existed. I don't really understand the love for Android (and sometimes Google) and hate for Apple. The first versions of Android were a clone of blackberry until Apple unveiled the iPhone.
- lacksconfidence 6y ago
  > I don't really understand the love for Android (and sometimes Google) and hate for Apple The reasons are all over this discussion, just spend some time reading it. My takeaway might be that some people value autonomy and ownership, and feel like Android gives them more of that.
  - jbverschoor 6y ago
    I did. Misinformation in too many posts

Let’s not pretend they do these things as charity. Chrome is open source because, as a fork of WebKit, it has to be. For other things, they use open source to drive adoption.

ajayyy 6y ago

This is not true, webkit is BSD license. If that were true, then Edge, Opera, etc. would also be open-source.

josefx 6y ago
Going by the wiki entry only Apples additions are BSD the original project is LGPLv2.

ryukafalz 6y ago

Chrome is not open source.

Gaelan 6y ago
Sure, but Chromium, which is ~identical, is.

ehsankia 6y ago

This kind of logic is so annoying. If it's so easy / good for profit / advantageous / smart business, then why doesn't Apple do it? The whole "they only do X for profit" is such a lazy argument, because it can be used to argue any side of the argument if you try hard enough.

madeofpalk 6y ago
idk, Apple does have open source? Swift is *incredibly* open, but probably a outlier for Apple. It's operating systems aren'tt, but kernal is (right?). None of these companies are open sourcing their core competencies. Google Search isn't open source.
- jbverschoor 6y ago
  LLVM has been pretty import for Apple. Webkit has been important. BSD has been important, but afaik they don't really contribute a lot back anymore, although Darwin is open source.

jbverschoor 6y ago

Apple was a big contributor to webkit waay before Chrome even existed. I don't really understand the love for Android (and sometimes Google) and hate for Apple. The first versions of Android were a clone of blackberry until Apple unveiled the iPhone.

lacksconfidence 6y ago
> I don't really understand the love for Android (and sometimes Google) and hate for Apple The reasons are all over this discussion, just spend some time reading it. My takeaway might be that some people value autonomy and ownership, and feel like Android gives them more of that.
- jbverschoor 6y ago
  I did. Misinformation in too many posts