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What's the point of using either of those when you could use an ungoogled chromium build? (I use Firefox, but if I were to use a chromium browser it wouldn't b
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
What's the point of using either of those when you could use an ungoogled chromium build?
(I use Firefox, but if I were to use a chromium browser it wouldn't be Edge or Chrome...)
- tester756 4y agoBecause you gotta trust people behind ungoogled Chromium I don't know them, so I don't trust them.
- poopnugget 4y ago
- s3p 4y agoWaiting for the /sarcasm tag
- fsflover 4y agoBut we do know people behind Microsoft are not to be trusted with our privacy... See PRISM and their data collection practices.
- tester756 4y agoThe thing is about what data MS wants and what bad actor in ungoogled chromium would want e.g MS doesn't want to steal money from my card
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoIndeed, they will lock you in to get it legally.
- bilekas 4y agoChromium is open source, and so you can see what the changelog is etc.. You don't need to trust the people when you can read the source yourself ? also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome.. Edit: My mistake: Chrome and Chromium were release the same time.
- judge2020 4y ago> also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. You can download Chromium[0], but people tend to be referring to the project called "Ungoogled Chromium"[1] to remove any calls to Google domains, eg. safe browsing, which are still present in Chromium. 0: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ 1: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
- detaro 4y ago> Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome no it wasn't.
- bilekas 4y agoSorry that's actually my mistake, I was thinking of something else. (Android) They were both launched the same period, but chromium was the 'trimmed' down open source version.
- tester756 4y agoYes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I'd rather write my own browser from scratch
- bilekas 4y ago> Yes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I've had this discussion with other people too, just because you don't want to doesn't mean you can't. So your point of suspecting something nefarious is moot for me until you can back it up.
- tester756 4y agoIf I do already use Windows, then I'm already relying on MS Using Edge doesn't change much, meanwhile using ungoogled Chromium means that I have to trust additional actors Additionally MS inserting e.g "backdoor" into Edge could cost them a lot of in PR damages meanwhile what if ungoogled chromium inserted some kind of "backdoor"? I don't even know people who maintain it, so I wouldn't even be able to break their windows or throw eggs at them
- sascha_sl 4y agoIn case you want a real answer: battery life.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoGoogled Chromium has better battery life than Ungoogled Chromium? That seems like a dubious claim.
- rejectfinite 4y agoNo, Edge does. It actually is the best performing and battery life browser on Windows.