bdonvr@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy are there many hundred Chromium based browsers, but seemingly very few Firefox based browsers?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down13
arrow-up1211arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there many hundred Chromium based browsers, but seemingly very few Firefox based browsers?bdonvr@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareneuromancer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoChome has privacy issues, but Chromium has always been a very good browser. When Chrome came out Microsoft were the bad guys, it wasn’t hard for Google to market themselves as the better alternative to Internet Explorer.
minus-squareIzzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoChromium stays the best by developing new internet standards. Then big websites adopt them and Mozilla has no choice but to play catch-up if they want these sites to work well in their browser.
Chome has privacy issues, but Chromium has always been a very good browser.
When Chrome came out Microsoft were the bad guys, it wasn’t hard for Google to market themselves as the better alternative to Internet Explorer.
Chromium stays the best by developing new internet standards. Then big websites adopt them and Mozilla has no choice but to play catch-up if they want these sites to work well in their browser.