Submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
Brave has seen a sharp increase in users installing its privacy-focused Brave Browser on iPhones after Apple introduced changes to adhere to the new European Digital Markets Act.
Remember kids, if it’s Chromium based, it’s still part of the problem. The Chromium project only exists to provide the illusion of choice. Don’t let Google have the power to dictate web standards at will.
What’s the alternative? Firefox with their AI bullshit? No thanks, I’ll stick to Vivaldi.
I lost any respect for Mozilla 7 years ago, when they promised to open source Pocket in accordance to their manifesto, but still haven’t done so to date. If they can’t follow their own manifesto when it doesn’t suite them, they are no better than opportunistic Google.
It sure sounds like they’re working on it: discourse.mozilla.org/t/pocket-source-code/…/13
Their Github has fresh commits as of 9 hours ago: github.com/Pocket/pocket-monorepo
As an engineer, I can tell you that the slow progress is almost certainly not out of malice. When choosing between busywork like this and working on actual product features, 9 times out of 10 any project manager will prioritize the product. They’ve got to keep the lights on, just like everyone else.
Meanwhile, by their own admission, more of the code in Vivaldi, that’s not just Chromium, is closed-source than open:
Roughly 92% of the browser’s code is open source coming from Chromium, 3% is open source coming from us, which leaves only 5% for our UI closed-source code.
Though it is obfuscated Javascript so it’s technically feasible to reverse-engineer and modify, it’s still under a proprietary license.
Also, just like Chromium, there’s other browsers out there based on Firefox:
Don’t think for one second that Google is keeping Chromium open-source out of the goodness of their hearts. Once Firefox and Safari are out of the picture (it might be unthinkable for Apple to surrender and join the cult, but that’s what we all thought about Microsoft and Internet Explorer), what incentive do they have to keep Chromium at feature-parity with Chrome?
Ewww, Brave🤢🤮.
deforestgump@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Brave browser will not save you lol