Yup.
Real but chromium is open-source it seems to me
@codex yeah but still contrôled and administrated by Google...
So..
@codex CEO of Vivaldi (and creator of Presto) was just saying that in the facts, it's nearly impossible to contribute to Chromium and it's entirelly Google controlled (use a translator to read the interesting interview) : https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/111572295366017359
Vivaldi (@[email protected])

Some people don't want to use browsers based on #Chromium. And it is a choice as valid as any other. But one thing is clear: building a #browser engine from scratch is not a simple task. Our team maintains and modifies the Chromium code constantly, both to add features and to get rid of #datacollection tools and other stuff added by #Google. And this is already complex enough. On top of that, we also have to modify WebKit on #iOS - at least for the time being. Here's a recent interview where CEO @jon talks about our choices and the challenge of going against #BigTech as a small company: https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/kritiserer-google-men-bruker-chromium-urealistisk-a-lage-egen-motor/80646397 (It's in Norwegian but don't let that scare you! 😉)

Vivaldi Social
@codex
Défendre Google parce qu'il diffuserait certaines de ses prods en open source, c'est vraiment le pire du syndrome du laquais dans le domaine du numérique
"ça va ! Le gvt partage ses données sur son autoritarisme, on ne peut pas les taxer d'être autoritariste" -_-;

@Atropine
Je ne les défends pas, c'est juste que dans certains projets, ils modifient le code, pour enlever la collecte de données... Je pense par exemple à Brave.

Après oui, on va me dire, autant ne pas utiliser chromium comme base. C'est vrai, mais je ne pense pas que c'est aussi simple de construire un navigateur de 0

@pierstoval Nice, but not really true. Safari is not Chromium based ...
@mavori @pierstoval The picture is still correct because there is no Safari logo listed, right? At least I don't see one.
@markusr @pierstoval The picture is correct. But not the picture description ("Firefox ... because it's now the only web browser that isn't based on Chromium").
@pierstoval retour vers les années 90 !
@pierstoval I'd add a secondary icon to some of them. Chromium (plus bitcoin), Chromium (plus a glorified Clippy), Chromium (plus predatory loans)...
@cygnathreadbare Feel free to rebrand the meme with your own thoughts, this is a good idea 👍
@pierstoval Librefox? Tor Browser?
@pierstoval sorry, not Librefox, it is LibreWolf
@burner
Isn't Tor Browser just an adjusted version of Firefox though?
@pierstoval
@pierstoval There's a shitload of shitty browers based on firefox too
@pierstoval it makes me laugh but think, too.