Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google integration

Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by bootlooped on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:10PM (#18053848)

This seems like one of the most difficult solutions to the problem of switching to a browser that's not Chrome.

Not only are there other browsers like Firefox and Safari, but there are other Chromium-based browsers like Vivaldi and Opera.

I would have liked to read about some expected use-cases in the readme.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by andrewmcwatters on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:36PM (#18053955)

Yeah, Chrome isn't so good that I find a need for the open source community to maintain a fork of it. ⌘Space Safari and I get on with my life.

It's been interesting to experience Internet Explorer, then Firefox, Chrome, and finally coming back to operating system default browsers with Edge and Safari and being perfectly content.

The leverage Microsoft and Apple are utilizing with their operating system ecosystems is fairly pleasant, creating better out of the box experiences. Installing more software just feels like such a nit-picky user experience that I don't want, especially with refreshing my systems now and again.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by swasheck on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:08PM (#18054535)

Why is this downvoted so heavily? It's a legitimate opinion. I don't agree with it and you may not either, but it highlights the fact that for at least a portion of the user base the default browser may be an acceptable option.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by andrewmcwatters on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:57PM (#18054710)

I would appreciate it more if people mentioned why my comment doesn't contribute to the discussion, but I think it's more realistic to say that I've been downvoted simply because someone didn't like what I had to say.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:09AM (#18055853)

I didn't downvote you, but perhaps people are thinking that attitudes like the one presented in your original comment are what lead to IE6 and the general state of the internet in the late 90s / early 2000s?

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by andrewmcwatters on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:48AM (#18057624)

Could be; I can understand that.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by plg on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:45PM (#18054004)

why not Safari? Or is the issue non-MacOS OSs

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by freeone3000 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:05PM (#18054088)

That's a pretty significant issue. "Oh, it's a great browser! No, it doesn't work on 95% of computers."

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by chii on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:46PM (#18054240)

but it only needs to work on _your_ computer (or whoever you're making the recommendation to).

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by tdb7893 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:24PM (#18054385)

The problem for me is that no one I know has a mac (I think their market share is like 10 percent). It's too expensive for many of the people I know and the rest play video games so they can't use a mac.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by sandov on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:49PM (#18054476)

And in this forum, I would guess the OS being proprietary is a deal braker for many, including me.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by h1d on Monday September 24, 2018 @02:18AM (#18055431)

That is a pure assumption. I don't use Linux for desktop.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:04AM (#18055831)

Well that settles it, the "many" have spoken.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by sam0x17 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:41PM (#18054445)

My computer isn't a mac.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by ChristianBundy on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:06PM (#18054096)

I use Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) and it's like Safari: a minimal WebKit-based browser with no Google integration, but it's cross-platform, open source, and features Firefox sync integration for history/bookmarks/passwords/etc. I can't recommend it enough.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by hjek on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:42PM (#18054225)

And it does have a built-in ad blocker.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by letmeaskaq7532 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:39PM (#18054649)

I am never going to use any GNOME product if intend to use it for more than a week. Too many breaking changes, too many feature changes, too often.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by ChristianBundy on Monday September 24, 2018 @11:18AM (#18058399)

I might recommend using an operating system that matches your values. Maybe something like Debian? I have my own criticisms of the GNOME project, but I really enjoy their release cycle.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by bla2 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:50PM (#18054262)

Safari isn't open source, only the rendering engine is. Doesn't matter to most, but does matter a great deal to some.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by sneak on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:00PM (#18054517)

Safari is worlds less hardened than Chrome from a security standpoint.

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by ronaldj on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:15PM (#18054571)

Evidence?

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by bowyakka on Sunday September 23, 2018 @11:03PM (#18054744)

https://securityzap.com/pwn2own-2017-chrome-remains-winner-b...

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-1224...

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-49/p...

I am using 2017 because 2018 is not over yet

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