In software industry, following the "distrust and verify" strategy makes particularly good sense. Software that is not open-source cannot be verified, so should only be used in carefully sandboxed environments.
In 2020, why would anybody use a closed-source web browser?
Any software from China or Russia falls into that category for me. Some other places would too if it was more common to see mainstream software from them.
I agree with you on the web browsers. Hardly anyone uses an open source browser though. Most of them have open source components mixed with closed source blobs to the point where you don't really know what it's doing. Chrome is a good example where they go as far as to scan your machine for malware, but it's not the only one.
I read somewhere they laid of a huge part of the C++ team back in the day, when they switched to Chromium.
So that "many" you mention is what, 5%, 20%, 50% of the original Presto team?
Like google's 'flocks' concept, but maybe less moving pieces.
this is the one I mean, yes.
I also think that setting resource limits for the browser is a good feature.
I do not see why this needs to be broken out as a separate browser for #Gamers though. I guess it might help them gain market share because it's "new" but I think it's more likely to cause a lot of eye-rolling instead.