They also haven’t written a browser. It’s an apples and oranges comparison. There are plenty of Firefox derivatives that don’t have all the bloat that Mozilla, et cetera, is putting into there. That’s not the point. The point is how controlled they are by one of their competitors, namely Google.
There are only three main browser makers. Chrome by Google Firefox by Mozilla and WebKit/Safari now maintained by Apple but derived from Linux’s K desktop environment web engine. There are a lot of wrappers written around these, but at the end of the day, there’s still just the three.
The one real interesting bright spot though that I’m looking forward to is servo. Originally started by Mozilla, but now completely free of them. It’s not yet in a daily driver’s state, but it’s looking to be quite interesting.
yoasif@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
But also not open source.
original_reader@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
True. Still, afaik, they haven’t done anything shady.
Eldritch@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
They also haven’t written a browser. It’s an apples and oranges comparison. There are plenty of Firefox derivatives that don’t have all the bloat that Mozilla, et cetera, is putting into there. That’s not the point. The point is how controlled they are by one of their competitors, namely Google.
There are only three main browser makers. Chrome by Google Firefox by Mozilla and WebKit/Safari now maintained by Apple but derived from Linux’s K desktop environment web engine. There are a lot of wrappers written around these, but at the end of the day, there’s still just the three.
The one real interesting bright spot though that I’m looking forward to is servo. Originally started by Mozilla, but now completely free of them. It’s not yet in a daily driver’s state, but it’s looking to be quite interesting.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Out of curiosity, how are Konqueror and Fallon relates to the big three?
Their websites say they use KHTML or KDEWebkit (Konqueror) or QtWebEngine (falkon). Are these downstream adaptations of apple-WebKit?
Asetru@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Which is entirely not the point.
tux0r@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Some of it is.
yoasif@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Open source is like being pregnant - you either are are you aren't. Vivaldi isn't.
tux0r@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
So, neither is Linux?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is wrong.