undefined | Better HN

0 pointsEtheryte9y ago0 comments

The browser is proprietary, but includes open source components, without checking, what you've linked to above is probably just the open source bits.

0 comments

I'm honestly curious as to who'd move to a proprietary browser in 2016 given all the history of the last couple of decades!

chias9y ago

Google, for one. Chromium is an open-source project, but Chrome is and has always been proprietary.

welly9y ago

It's still using an open source rendering engine, which I think is the important bit, it's just the container that is proprietary.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsEtheryte9y ago0 comments

The browser is proprietary, but includes open source components, without checking, what you've linked to above is probably just the open source bits.

I'm honestly curious as to who'd move to a proprietary browser in 2016 given all the history of the last couple of decades!

chias9y ago

Google, for one. Chromium is an open-source project, but Chrome is and has always been proprietary.

welly9y ago

It's still using an open source rendering engine, which I think is the important bit, it's just the container that is proprietary.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse