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Re:Switch from Chrome to Firefox by mtgx on Thursday May 30, 2019 @04:17PM (#20055490)
It's a shame Microsoft didn't want to use Firefox's codebase instead of Chromium for its new Edge browser. I don't know what Microsoft thinks it gained by doing this, but I'm almost certain they'll regret it in the long run, because it's a trap by Google.

Google, Microsoft new "bestie" in this collaboration, will screw them over once it's clear that Microsoft "can't turn back" from using Chromium or even fork it.

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Re:Switch from Chrome to Firefox by phatfish on Friday May 31, 2019 @09:49AM (#20060803)
That would be declaring a full on browser war with Google. I expect MS don't want to do that yet. It remains an option in the future I suppose.

As I understand it Chromium is a lot easier to wrap your own GUI around than Gecko. XUL is still not completely decoupled, separating them completely is an ongoing effort I think.

Maybe when the embedded Gecko/Servo engine is production ready would be the time for MS to reconsider.

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