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SeanAnderson ◴[21 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45658534[source]▶
How does this page not immediately address what I assume is everyone's first question?

Is this browser built on Chromium, or is it a completely fresh creation?

I have to assume that because they AREN'T highlighting it that it IS built on Chromium.

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jerjerjer ◴[21 Oct 25 17:25 UTC] No.45658610[source]▶
Why wouldn't it be Chromium/V8-based? New browser engine is multiple developer-years of effort.
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1. SeanAnderson ◴[21 Oct 25 17:35 UTC] No.45658787[source]▶
Just seems like not a very smart long-term move to build on it.

Tough to get changes upstream when the majority of engineers working on Chromium are Google devs.

Lots of features you'd hope would be available in Chromium aren't there and have to be implemented manually, but then you need to keep your fork interoperating with a massive, moving target. Safe Browsing, Translate, Spellcheck, Autofill, Password Manager aren't available in Chromium and Google cut unauthorized Chromium browsers off from using Google Sync in 2021 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cuts-off-other-chromium...)

There's probably more issues?

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2. bigyabai ◴[21 Oct 25 18:21 UTC] No.45659551[source]▶
I'm not really seeing the alternative here, though. If your main gripe with Chromium is getting patches upstream through the vendor, that's an issue with all the browser engines available to them. Gecko would be an even riskier bet than Chromium, and WebKit verges on being chronically undermaintained on Windows and Linux.