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minus-squareBarrierWithAsheslinkfedilink0•1 year ago Chrome Reskin Ehn. I sleep. If you want this kind of privacy use Mullvad’s browser (based on Firefox).
minus-squareDarkThoughtslinkfedilink1•1 year agoIs there a reason to use it over the regular TOR browser?
minus-squareJarmerlinkfedilink1•1 year agoExactly my sentiments. Zero desire to use any form of chromium.
minus-squareJoYolinkfedilink1•1 year agoif i was making a crossplatform browser i’d use the OS’s default web renderer too. i dont know of a single company that wants to secure their renderers outside of apple, microsoft, and google. mozilla barely gets by with being a tiny marketshare and using the same security features provided by the OS.
minus-squarenoodlejetskilinkfedilink0•1 year agointeresting they went with Chromium on desktop when their Android browser uses (or at least used to use) Gecko.
minus-squaregk99linkfedilink1•1 year agoAnd considering they’re just adding to the Chromium near-monopoly.
Ehn. I sleep.
If you want this kind of privacy use Mullvad’s browser (based on Firefox).
Is there a reason to use it over the regular TOR browser?
Exactly my sentiments. Zero desire to use any form of chromium.
if i was making a crossplatform browser i’d use the OS’s default web renderer too.
i dont know of a single company that wants to secure their renderers outside of apple, microsoft, and google.
mozilla barely gets by with being a tiny marketshare and using the same security features provided by the OS.
interesting they went with Chromium on desktop when their Android browser uses (or at least used to use) Gecko.
And considering they’re just adding to the Chromium near-monopoly.