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
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
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 10 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Okay, would you like to elaborate beyond what I just said?
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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 10 months ago