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are you being intentionally ignorant? the more browsers in popular use, the less control each has. currently Chrome has more usage than the other browsers combi

by 38 2y ago

are you being intentionally ignorant? the more browsers in popular use, the less control each has. currently Chrome has more usage than the other browsers combined: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share which means Google has significant control over web standards

hanniabu 2y ago
A chromium fork is not chrome. Why assume a fork has to accept upsteam changes?
- 38 2y ago
  why fork chrome rather than another browser, or starting from scratch?
  - phil294 2y ago
    Because it's infinitely less work than starting from scratch. It's a valid argument.
    - 38 2y ago
      infinitely doesn't mean what you think it means
  - hanniabu 2y ago
    Less work, more features, proven, security lindy
    - 38 2y ago
      good point about the lindy
- devsda 2y ago
  They don't have to. But we have seen how Google can play this game of open core & official versions with AOSP and blessed Android versions with playstore. There will be two classes of products one officially sanctioned version and the others that are used by enthusiasts. Apps or sites in this case may chose to work on one and not on others. Imagine the new wave of "works best on IE" with "best viewed on chrome variations a,b,c". Its not farfetched as some sites already do this. As much as it is easy to maintain a fork, it is that much easy to give up or change path and accept upstream changes.