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There are a couple of misleading things in this post. The assumption that Chromium (& Webkit) is controlled soley by Google, is outdated. If you think Microso

by brunes 5y ago

There are a couple of misleading things in this post. The assumption that Chromium (& Webkit) is controlled soley by Google, is outdated. If you think Microsoft would have made a strategic shift like basing Edge on Chromium without ensuring they had a seat at the table, you would be very mistaken - and they did not. Microsoft, Google, Brave, and Samsung all contribute to the core, Microsoft very significantly.

Someone1234 5y ago
An article I want to see is: A broad overview of Chromium's governance and exactly how much control any one party has. You're arguing "sole" control which is a Strawman and doesn't really address anyone's actual concerns. A better discussion is: Can Google make unilateral decisions on Chromium's direction/support/features in any circumstances? What I'm about to say may upset people but if Chromium's governance model was good enough I could see Firefox joining it and turning Firefox into another Chromium based browser. The problem with hegemony is governance and control, it isn't technological. Purely on a technical level hegemony is a good thing. But who controls the hegemony? If it is Google or any corp that is really, horrible.