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They aren't really competing if they're just another distribution for Google's web platform. Google doesn't care so much what Chromium browser you use as long a
by asadotzler 3y ago
They aren't really competing if they're just another distribution for Google's web platform. Google doesn't care so much what Chromium browser you use as long as it helps them dictate how the web platform evolves to funnel more money into their coffers and every Chromium browser is doing just that, cementing Google's ultimate and long-term control.
- robertlagrant 3y agoBut what does that mean? What is "Google's web platform" in this context, and how does it harm competition? What do you actually want? If Chromium didn't exist, would we have more competition in browsers?
- asadotzler 3y agoIt means that everything about the web, but especially the critical parts like privacy vs surveillance is increasingly and sadly dictated by Google. If you distribute their vision for the web, their literal web platform, Blink, you are harming the web by increasing Google's stranglehold. And yes, the web would be better served by people building their own, hard forking an existing, or using any of the two or three remaining not-Google solutions. The web would be far better if Google was the only Chromium distribution because we wouldn't have the illusion of a dozen choices that are all just Google's and we'd likely have more and more viable alternatives.