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0 pointsori_b5y ago0 comments

>The new Edge, Opera, and Brave are based on Chromium

Largely because Google has pushed enough complexity into the browser that maintaining a browser engine is unaffordable, so you use Chrome as is.

Have any of these projects successfully managed to contribute meaningfully, or are they just adding alternative window trimming to chrome?

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bogwog5y ago· 3 in thread

And the Android in China example doesn't really say much because because the only way that was possible was through the forceful intervention of the Chinese government.

Nowhere else in the world is there a market where Android is free from Google's iron grip, outside of tech enthusiast/hacker circles.

ladyanita225y ago

Amazon and their line of Fire and Echo devices.

bogwog5y ago

Those aren't phones or general purpose computing devices (except maybe the tablets)

You could count those, but I don't consider them relevant the same way I don't consider those cheap chinese TV boxes, smart watches, fridges, and other appliances to be relevant here (they could just as well be using Windows 98)

ewoodrich5y ago

Amazon Fire tablets and Fire TV use Android without the Google parts and seem to be pretty successful.

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