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> There are several chromium forks that do more than just "cosmetically reskin" the browser and they definitely don't have teams as big as Google's. Very few o
by kitsunesoba 4y ago
> There are several chromium forks that do more than just "cosmetically reskin" the browser and they definitely don't have teams as big as Google's.
Very few of the changes in even the most diverged of Chromium forks change anything significant about Blink, which is really what matters. The bulk of differences are tied up in the bits wrapping the engine.
If forks don't keep up with Google's changes they're putting their users at risk of getting hit by 0days and other vulnerabilities.
- nicoburns 4y ago> Very few of the changes in even the most diverged of Chromium forks change anything significant about Blink, which is really what matters. The bulk of differences are tied up in the bits wrapping the engine. That’s because they don’t need to because there’s nothing wrong with chromium. In the hypothetical situation where Google goes rogue and messes with chrome to the point that forking is required, this would be done differently.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoGoogle going rogue isn't the only concern. It's also that in a Chromium-dominated world, there is no room for other parties' voices in shaping the web. Google gets what Google wants, regardless of whatever protests Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, or any other organization might have.