@martenbjorklund @ploum Chromium is NOT decoupled from...

@martenbjorklund @ploum Chromium is NOT decoupled from Google, despite the "Chromium Projects" umbrella, Chromium is not an independent entity from Google, plus the bulk of the commits are made by Google employees.

The same applies to Gecko and Firefox. They're both controlled and overseen by Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of Mozilla Foundation. Donations to the Foundation do not go towards Firefox or Gecko.

This solves nothing. While Chromium is very good when it comes to security, privacy (capabilities), performance compared to Gecko and WebKit, we can't solve the monopoly issue by promoting or developing more Chromium browsers.

Servo and Verso are coming along well, so they might be a viable alternative in like 5 years or so, but will Gecko and Firefox survive that long without being thoroughly infested and enshittified due to Mozilla's stupid decisions?

Like 18 September at 11:11 | Wall-to-wall | Open on techhub.social

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Mårten Björklund 🇸🇪

@alextecplayz @ploum You are correct, what I meant is that it is decoupled from Google services.

But again, that's not the point, the point is that the organisation behind a software project is MUCH MUCH more important than the tech right now.

18 September at 11:26 | Open on mastodon.nu

🔗 David Sommerseth

@martenbjorklund @alextecplayz @ploum

If you want an ungoogled Chromium ... this is the closest you get these days ...

https://ungoogled-software.github.io/

Some might find @Vivaldi a viable alternative as well - but not sure how deep they go into the code to decouple Google.

18 September at 14:08 | Open on infosec.exchange