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minus-squareHypx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThere really needs to be a “Linux” of browser engines.
minus-squareLiontigerwings@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIs that not what Chromium is? An open source browser that anyone can adapt to suit their needs.
minus-squarerunswithjedi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPerhaps I’m missing something, but isn’t Chromium’s engine, Blink, open source?
minus-squareBrooklynMan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoWhen that source, open or otherwise, is unilaterally controlled by Google, that doesn’t really mean much
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, it’s not. It’s open source and can be modified from Google’s baseline to be free of their restrictions by anyone who cares to put in the work, like Brave and Vivaldi.
minus-squareEdgerunner Alexis@dataterm.digitallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’d argue that’s what Gecko is tbh
minus-squarecuriosityLynx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIsn’t that gecko, Firefox’s engine?
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, chromium is the Linux of browsers.
There really needs to be a “Linux” of browser engines.
Is that not what Chromium is? An open source browser that anyone can adapt to suit their needs.
Perhaps I’m missing something, but isn’t Chromium’s engine, Blink, open source?
When that source, open or otherwise, is unilaterally controlled by Google, that doesn’t really mean much
No, it’s not. It’s open source and can be modified from Google’s baseline to be free of their restrictions by anyone who cares to put in the work, like Brave and Vivaldi.
I’d argue that’s what Gecko is tbh
Isn’t that gecko, Firefox’s engine?
No, chromium is the Linux of browsers.