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Re:Google is officially releasing Fuchsia OS, starting with ... by dmantis on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:35AM (#27276060)
Chrome is not open-sourced, Chronium is. I cannot rebuild Chrome with full protection against tracking, for example, but with all other parts unchanged.

Android "open sourced" as well, but literally nobody runs AOSP, stock OSS apps are staled for years, Google makes a lot to make system barely usable without proprietary parts from Google Services.

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Re:Google is officially releasing Fuchsia OS, starting with ... by kerneis on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:28AM (#27277215)
That's a fair point, and the distinction between Chrome and Chromium is indeed relevant. Sorry for the confusion, see my sibling comment about how it applies to Fuchsia (ie. what is open source and what may not be).

What I really meant to say, though, is that Fuchsia is taking an approach to inclusiveness and open source which is much more similar to the one of Chromium than Android. You may find out more on https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/concepts/principles/inclusiv...

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