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// Unlike Mozilla, they don't need to make exceptions for Google. // They're not like Mozilla that sits 7 years on a ticket. Suppose a browser is an iceberg.
by throw16489 5y ago
// Unlike Mozilla, they don't need to make exceptions for Google.
// They're not like Mozilla that sits 7 years on a ticket.
Suppose a browser is an iceberg. Mozilla has to maintain, improve and develop on the whole of the iceberg. In case of Brave, Google and Chromium developers do maybe 90 or 95% of the iceberg? My understanding is that the Chromium codebase is one of the largest and complex ones ever? I also read somewhere is has a large amount of churn/flux, but not sure.
I'm not saying Brave does not add anything of value, but let's do a fair comparison.
- fleddr 5y agoYou're absolutely right, but not everybody understands the consequences. Mozilla/Gecko is on life support with no light at the end of the tunnel. When the ex-CTO of Mozilla picks Chromium to run Brave, and Microsoft picks Chromium for Edge, things become pretty clear: Chromium/V8 is the standard. And not just the standard, also the superior, future-proof engine. So yes, Brave gets a lot of things "for free", but that's a smart move. Ultimately users and developers don't care.