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My guess is that they realize the opportunity created by Mozilla’s sudden change in privacy terms.
by brightball 2y ago
My guess is that they realize the opportunity created by Mozilla’s sudden change in privacy terms.
- colonial 2y agoI think this is correct. I refuse to touch Chromium with a ten-foot pole, but there aren't really any other options on Linux. (Yes, there is LibreWolf and other forks, but I doubt any have the resources to "go it alone" should Mozilla fold or go completely turncoat.) The closest extant option is something like GNOME Web (also based on WebKit like Orion) but the lack of extension support and poor performance makes it a non-starter. As someone who already pays for Kagi search, Orion will definitely be on my radar. I'll gladly volunteer $5/mo if I can just copy-paste my extensions unchanged and keep browsing.
- saagarjha 2y agoThey've been working on Orion for years.
- erics118 2y agoI doubt this is the case. They were working on a prototype back in October 2023 [1], but then the contractor bailed out [2], but now they got (probably different) people working on it now [1]: https://orionfeedback.org/d/6363-orion-for-linux https://orionfeedback.org/d/6363-orion-for-linux [2]: https://orionfeedback.org/d/6363-orion-for-linux/30 https://orionfeedback.org/d/6363-orion-for-linux/30