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What exactly is the benefit over Waterfox or Ungoogled Chromium here? The FAQ https://kagi.com/orion/faq.html#firefox https://kagi.com/orion/faq.html#firefox se
by dooglius 2y ago
What exactly is the benefit over Waterfox or Ungoogled Chromium here? The FAQ https://kagi.com/orion/faq.html#firefox https://kagi.com/orion/faq.html#firefox seems to be things that are specific to Mac or have privacy features already offered by open-source alternatives.
- Mossy9 2y agoI would say it's the business model. Customers paying you to provide a good service is straightforward for both parties
- c0balt 2y agoFwiw, it's a webkit-based browser. Another alternative browser engine in a usable browser is a plus for the Ecosystem. On the other hand, it promises to be a simple yet usable (builtin adblock + privacy) browser. Ime, brave is probably the closest however it has a lot of nagging around their crypto and ads.
- wkat4242 2y agoKagi has crypto now too? I thought that was just brave.
- yurishimo 2y agoThe comment you replied to is also saying that they find the Brave crypto annoying.
- wkat4242 2y agoWell yes so do I. I'll never use it
- ZeroTalent 2y agoI don't touch Brave because of the crypto thing and founder's affiliations.
- ashton314 2y agoKagi does not have crypto
- c0balt 2y agoNo, it doesn't. Sorry, my comment was not worded clearly there. The nagging around crypto and ads on the homepage are a (anti-)feature of brave (that don't exist in Orion).
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoFor the Mac version, one of the “features” is that it’s built with the native UI toolkit and tries to blend into the desktop instead of setting itself apart with “branded UI” like browsers tend to do these days. Presumably the Linux version (which I’m assuming is built with GTK) would similarly adhere to GTK desktop (mostly GNOME) conventions.
- niutech 2y agoGNOME Web does that and it's open source. What's the selling point of Orion on Linux?
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoGNOME Web is extremely barebones, moreso than even Safari (which itself is pretty basic). On macOS, Orion kind of acts like a “Safari Pro” with a whole bunch of power user features like vertical tree-style tabs and profiles among many other things. I’d expect that under GNOME, Orion will be a power user oriented “GNOME Web Pro”.