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Re:What's the deal with Chromium on Linux? Google at odds wi... by LockAndLol on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:46PM (#25934430)
I'm pretty in the dark here since I don't have a google account, but what are these private APIs they're talking about? Is Google Sync the equivalent of Firefox Sync? If that doesn't work, but the actual browsing works, what's the big deal?

People should still be able to build Chromium and their Electron apps. It's not clear to me what people are getting worked up about... what am I missing?

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Re:What's the deal with Chromium on Linux? Google at odds wi... by tracker1 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:08PM (#25934718)
I'm thinking that this could be an opportunity for the likes of Dropbox or Microsoft... Dropbox as it could be a natural gateway to branding and for both an opportunity for more goodwill.
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