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Why browsers can not have features as binaries on OS? For example, I can drop Ogg Vorbis support from my Debian but one is a nightmare - if Debian's devs would
by eimrine 3y ago
Why browsers can not have features as binaries on OS? For example, I can drop Ogg Vorbis support from my Debian but one is a nightmare - if Debian's devs would manage to dictate me what codecs I can use and what I can not.
- modeless 3y agoLinux distributions are free to distribute their own builds of Chromium with whatever features they want. It's just that distributing a fork of Chromium, even with minimal changes, is a full time job for several people at least, due to the fast pace of updates and the security critical nature of browsers. And people prefer Chrome anyway due to the features that rely on Google servers like sync or translation.
- nimish 3y agoWe had binary plugin support before. It didn't work out well.