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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by LeoPanthera on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:21PM (#25851448)
That's not correct, as Konqueror and Falkon browsers are also blocked.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by eivarv on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:24PM (#25851495)
I'm just summarizing what the linked article actually says.

As for your examples, Konqueror and Falkon might be blocked because they use Qt WebEngine – which embeds Blink in the Qt framework [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)#Framewo...

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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by lights0123 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:28PM (#25851550)
Nice for Google to block the project that wrote the origins of their browser engine.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by magicalist on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:36PM (#25851644)
> Nice for Google to block the project that wrote the origins of their browser engine.

In this case it's blocking the embedded Blink, which is their browser engine, so at least they're consistent?

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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by djxfade on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:27PM (#25852214)
Yeah, Blink, which is a fork from Safaris WebKit, which is a fork of Konquerors KHTML. Google Chrome wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for Konqueror.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by magicalist on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:26PM (#25852791)
yes, that's what the "consistent" was referring to...
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by eivarv on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:34PM (#25851621)
The Qt project didn't write the origins of Google's browser engine.

Blink forked from Webkit, which started as a fork of the KHTML and KJS libraries from KDE. Many KDE-projects are built upon Qt, but Qt is an independent project.

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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by Drdrdrq on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:07PM (#25852010)
I think they are talking about Konqueror, not QT. Konqueror is what KHTML was developed for, iirc.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by eivarv on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:19PM (#25852130)
Ah, right. Thanks!
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Re:I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019) by pessimizer on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:23PM (#25852171)
KDE-projects like Konqueror and Falkon, the subjects under specific discussion?
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