WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS

Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by bunnycorn on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:06AM (#18761945)

The author is wrong in one point, Electron is not based on Chrome, it's based on Chromium, and you don't need to trust Google because it's 100% open source.

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by ___alt on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:35AM (#18762058)

By default, Chromium still integrates heavily with Google services. See project ungoogled-chromium for details: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by hannasanarion on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:38AM (#18762068)

Since when does electron make you log in with Google?

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by pritambaral on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:57AM (#18762723)

Integration with Google services does not require logging in to Google services.

For a benign example: using Google search

For a less benign example: your browser/device/network being tracked for ads when using Google search

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by hannasanarion on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:45PM (#18766564)

Electron is not a search engine or a browser, and it does not serve ads.

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by pritambaral on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:49PM (#18767138)

Google Play Services (on Android) is not a search engine or a browser, either.

Google Home does not serve ads, either.

My original comment's grand-parent did not claim if Electron was a browser or a search-engine, or if it showed ads, just that it is not necessarily independent of Google services just because it's built from Chromium.

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