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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by _bxg1 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @05:30PM (#19373247)
But it can be forked. Which means I can go start a Chrome competitor by myself, today, with zero up-front investment.
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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by zepto on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:37PM (#19373814)
Good luck with making meaningful changes with zero investment.
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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by incompatible on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:12PM (#19374401)
At best, you could probably maintain a patch that changes some of the more Google-oriented behaviour of Chrome. A full-blown fork would never keep up with new development in Google or Firefox.
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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by Jaruzel on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:06AM (#19377247)
> maintain a patch that changes some of the more Google-oriented behaviour of Chrome

This exists as:

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by anth_anm on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:35AM (#19376010)
I worked for a team that did maintain a fork. It was an insane amount of effort just to keep up with the commits going in.
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