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0 pointschr17y ago0 comments

Playing devils advocate here, why a different engine is needed? Chrome clone can add webrequest feature too, and it would be much easier to maintain.

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ocdtrekkie7y ago

The problem with forks is having to chase upstream. The dominant browser can keep making changes with reckless abandon. And the fork has to keep up with those, even if it breaks their own features, lest they become incompatible with the "standard" version.

chr1OP7y ago

chasing upstream is a lot easier than chasing web standards and chromes performance, especially if you are only interested in providing more powerful extension api and better ui

rat99887y ago

Unless you make the fork the dominant browser.

feanaro7y ago

At which point you begin to question what benefit you gained from initially siding with a single engine in the first place.

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