What is Chromium?
- Chromium is a web browser developed by Google. Many modern web browsers - use its codebase and extened upon it, for example: + Chromium is a web browser developed by Google. Many modern web browsers + use its codebase and extend upon it, for example:
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Microsoft Edge
- Brave Browser +
- + + And many others + +
Why is this a bad thing?
- Chromium based browsers dominate the market. This means that any changes - Google makes to the Chromium code base are also present in the browsers that build on it. - As Chromium based browsers are the majority, websites have to adapt. - This also forces non chromium browsers like Firefox to implement these changes. - This gives Google the power to steer the web in a direction they benefit from the most. + Chromium based browsers dominate the market. This means that any changes + Google makes to the Chromium code base are also present in the browsers + that build on it. As Chromium based browsers are the majority, websites + have to adapt. This also forces non chromium browsers like Firefox to + implement these changes. This gives Google the power to steer the web in + a direction they benefit from the most.
Examples
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- WebIntegrity +
- Web Environment Integrity
- Widevine
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What can I do
- You should use alternative browsers like Firefox - or, even better, LibreWolf + You should use alternative browsers like + Firefox or, even + better, LibreWolf
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