I am not saying that any fork of Chromium will continue to be influenced by Google. To be clear, I am "pretty sure" but not "100% sure" that any browsers that use the Chromium source code will work the same way, specifically because Chromium is essentially Google's work, at least by now. If you go look, Google makes most of the source code commits. Now I do know that anyone can fork the code and include or exclude bits as they desire. But that means that as of that fork, they commit to maintaining it, and it's extra work to exclude or include stuff that comes after it. It's not just a 1 click and done thing.
No one here ever said that Firefox and the team behind it are or were ever perfect. Just like any other piece of software that you did not write yourself, it may have features added, removed, or changed in a way that you do not personally approve of.
That said, I do not believe that perfect should be the enemy of good.
At this moment in time, vs. Chrome, Firefox falls much more to the side of the consumer that values privacy of the data and privacy from ads, possible malvertising, and ad tracking.
As much as that may or may not eventually change, I will choose Firefox for now, and I will remain vigilant.
You should know that not only is Opera based on the Chromium engine (which is pretty much under the de-facto control of Google, as they make most of the source code commits), but that since it is owned by a Chinese firm, I would not consider its built-in VPN to be secure.
Considering that Google exercises such tight control over the basic source code, I would not consider any browser that uses that code (for example, Brave, and others) to be immune to this.
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Re: Re: Re: Opera
I am not saying that any fork of Chromium will continue to be influenced by Google. To be clear, I am "pretty sure" but not "100% sure" that any browsers that use the Chromium source code will work the same way, specifically because Chromium is essentially Google's work, at least by now. If you go look, Google makes most of the source code commits. Now I do know that anyone can fork the code and include or exclude bits as they desire. But that means that as of that fork, they commit to maintaining it, and it's extra work to exclude or include stuff that comes after it. It's not just a 1 click and done thing.
Re: But Firefox!
No one here ever said that Firefox and the team behind it are or were ever perfect. Just like any other piece of software that you did not write yourself, it may have features added, removed, or changed in a way that you do not personally approve of.
That said, I do not believe that perfect should be the enemy of good.
At this moment in time, vs. Chrome, Firefox falls much more to the side of the consumer that values privacy of the data and privacy from ads, possible malvertising, and ad tracking.
As much as that may or may not eventually change, I will choose Firefox for now, and I will remain vigilant.
Re: Opera
You should know that not only is Opera based on the Chromium engine (which is pretty much under the de-facto control of Google, as they make most of the source code commits), but that since it is owned by a Chinese firm, I would not consider its built-in VPN to be secure.
Considering that Google exercises such tight control over the basic source code, I would not consider any browser that uses that code (for example, Brave, and others) to be immune to this.
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