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Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every other Google Chromium fork will need to maintain an increasingly complex set of changes to the Google repository

Yet infinitely easier than building a new browser from the bottom up

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear people say Chromium is bad for the web all the time but they all seem to think that Chromium = Chrome.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, would you like to elaborate beyond what I just said?

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because using Chromium and Chromium-based browsers reinforces Chrome's market share dominance which will harm comparability as more and more sites will only be tested against Chrome and in many cases refuse to serve pages to other browsers without user agent string fuckery.

It also cultivates dependence on Google for the extension ecosystem, etc

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Chromium source code is still controlled and gatekeept by Google

What? Chromium is open source. That's how Chromium-based browsers even exist.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see the disconnect now. You're mistaking "open source" for 'inherently good."

Uhhhh no you don't see anything. I didn't say anything like that.

the forks either have to either maintain an increasingly complex list of patches to apply to fix what Google does to Chromium (the browser that runs two thirds of the web) or simply accept it.

And they do the former.

So I ask again, what's the problem?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, you did. In your first comment in this thread.

If you're just going to blatantly and plainly lie about what I said, where everyone can see it, I'm not going to continue engaging with you. Bye now 👋

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which in no way resembles "open source is inherently good", but thank you for reading my comments back to me.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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