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Chrome and Chromium are virtually identical except for Google services, which aren't required to do anything with the browser except for installing Chrome exten
by schleck8 3y ago
Chrome and Chromium are virtually identical except for Google services, which aren't required to do anything with the browser except for installing Chrome extensions that can alternatively be sideloaded, so this is nitpicking.
- berkes 3y agoIt's essential nitpicking
- urbandw311er 3y agoJumping in to defend parent comment, there’s nothing Open Source about Google Chrome and it’s highly relevant in this context because they are notorious for putting technologies and tracking in there that many people find objectionable.
- forgotusername6 3y agoTangential, but I tried to build chromium the other day but stopped when it said it required access to Google cloud platform to actually build it. If something requires a proprietary build system, does it matter that it's open source?
- nolist_policy 3y agoThat is not true. See every distribution packaging chromium. In particular, this package[1] by openSUSE builds completely offline. Many other distributions require packages to build offline. [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chromium https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chr...
- forgotusername6 3y agoI think I got my wires crossed with ChromiumOS which when I last read the docs seemed to suggest that Google cloud platform was required. I now can't find those specific docs either so I retract my statement.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoDon't forget media DRM built into Chrome but not Chromium.
- schleck8 3y agoWidevine is a Google service so I didn't forget it. You can still play media if you dislike DRM usually, at =< 720p that is, which is a lesser security standard. I'm not even sure whether it involves additional servers.