we remain committed to being the responsible steward of the Chromium project
https://blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html?m=1
So this neutral space is still subservient to Google's whims.
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Why not firefox?
Whoa whoa. Let's pick up the build of Mozilla's ditched namesake and confirm a future there, and then maybe consider their next discard. Wait; who's got tbird? Can we rescue that first? Get their trash in 'tip' order, anyway.
Thunderbird and Firefox are fine, very actively maintained and adding features.
Thunderbird is back in active deleopmemt though, and not just as a maintenance project.
This is surely a smokescreen for Google's monopolization of Internet standards.
And even if weren't, I cannot emphasize enough how much that list of companies should also NOT be in charge of setting open standards. Oligopoly, monopoly with the illusion of choice...
Oh, surely.
Wait. Non-profits looking to shepherd the upstream used by a dozen derivatives; that's BAD now?
"Google could be forced to sell Chrome" was the news in late november so I guess this a reaction to that.
I want Chrome to be sold, honestly.
I still don't get why Linux Foundation helped Google out of that.
I still don’t get why Linux Foundation helped Google out of that.
I could be wrong, but I think that (at least to some extent) the Linux Foundation exists to be the more corporate-friendly face of ~~Free Software~~ Open Source, as a reaction against/in opposition to the hard-line "end-user freedom" stance taken by GNU/the FSF. If that's accurate, it doesn't surprise me that it would take a soft position regarding Google's monopolistic practices. Especially since Google is a gold member of it.
Aren't a good portion of contributors to the Linux kernel also employees of the major FAANG companies?
Why not Gnome web?
there’s a whole world of alternative, small, or minimalist non-Chromium non-Firefox browsers out there I would love to try out – but in today’s world, if it doesn’t support at least the full un-crippled version of uBlock Origin, it’s a complete non-starter
(considering general trends, I’m just gonna have to sit down and setup PiHole aren’t I?)
So the Linux Foundation is in Google's pocket. Good to know,
That's a pretty unfair kneejerk without receipts.
When it comes to a megacorp like Alphabet/Google, assuming foul play and bribery should always be the kneejerk.