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Linux Foundation bands together Chromium browser makers in a “neutral space”

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Linux Foundation bands together Chromium browser makers in a “neutral space”

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Open source group aims to better organize and fund development of browser.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52165296

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  • Vincent@feddit.nl
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    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?

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      Because Librewolf exists already?

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        That’s based on Firefox…

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          It is Firefox, in that sense it’s not a hard fork, but it follows upstream. ;)

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      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.

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        Thunderbird is back in active deleopmemt though, and not just as a maintenance project.

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        Thunderbird and Firefox are fine, very actively maintained and adding features.

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    “Google could be forced to sell Chrome” was the news in late november so I guess this a reaction to that.

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      I want Chrome to be sold, honestly.

      I still don’t get why Linux Foundation helped Google out of that.

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    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…

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      Oh, surely.

      Wait. Non-profits looking to shepherd the upstream used by a dozen derivatives; that’s BAD now?

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    So the Linux Foundation is in Google’s pocket. Good to know,

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      That’s a pretty unfair kneejerk without receipts.

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        When it comes to a megacorp like Alphabet/Google, assuming foul play and bribery should always be the kneejerk.

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