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Re:Mozilla patches two use-after-free vulnerabilities (ab)us... by classichasclass on Saturday March 05, 2022 @04:44PM (#30572211)
How much does Microsoft actually contribute to Blink's core really? The benefit for Microsoft of Chromium Edge is they get to outsource development. Their interest is in making it run well, and so far they've largely left the web features to Google. If Firefox became a Chromium fork they'd be just another junior partner in name only; Google would still be running the show on policy. In fact, possibly worse, because of their poor negotiating position.

WebKit only matters because of iOS, and Blink and WebKit still share a lot of DNA. It's not a credible competitor otherwise.

I do agree killing Servo was a shortsighted move, but, speaking as a long-time Mozilla community member, that's hardly the only shortsighted move MoCo has ever made (see also: dumping embedding for Fx4).

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Re:Mozilla patches two use-after-free vulnerabilities (ab)us... by _-david-_ on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:20PM (#30573016)
>The benefit for Microsoft of Chromium Edge is they get to outsource development

They also wanted to get superior compatibility. While the old edge was quite a bit better than IE, it still feel short.

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