• mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org
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    We have firefox, iceweasel, fennec (android). Anything else not firefox based is chrome based. Don’t get tricked by opera and similars.

    You can still change browser.

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        There is an issue with monoculture of rendering engines. Developers assume every browser have the same things implemented and start to build around this assumption. Also Google can dictate how the web looks like.

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          Exactly, we’ve seen this previously with Internet explorer.

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              You’re missing the point. Netscape implemented the html standard, they didn’t introduce new, proprietary “features” to gain that market share.

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              There are two things to consider here:

              1. Adherence to Standards
              2. Creating artificial “feature” based defacto standards

              Chrome offers adherence to standards as one of their features. But it also introduces new features that look like standards, meant to increase profits for the parent company.

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                Chrome offers adherence to standards as one of their features. But it also introduces new features that look like standards, meant to increase profits for the parent company.

                VB.Net was exactly that. Difference being Microsoft’s interest was locking companies and governments onto Microsoft’s enterprise products vs Google’s user tracking. Easy, quick internal web app put together in half a day? Would never work right on Netscape. It takes work to make them work to standards.

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        Using chromium based browsers keeps power over web standards and such in google’s hands, i.e enforces their ever growing monopoly. So if you want a competitive/fair environment on the web, it’s best to avoid them altogether and stick to firefox or safari.

      • Carlos Solís@communities.azkware.net
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        Unless the developers of other browsers take specific steps, the ad engine will get pulled on the next update of their Chromium engine, that’s the problem.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Safari isn’t Chromium based! But I’m not a fan of it on Desktop, just iOS.

      Firefox for all my other devices.