Honest question… I get that Chrome has a bunch questionable privacy practices that sends data back to Google, but do the chromium based browsers do that as well? My understanding is that Chromium is just the rendering engine. How is it bad?

Also, if Google implements their bullshit DRM features, I wonder if the derivative browsers will be able to disable it. I believe I saw that Brave said they won’t use it.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Yes chromium is 100% just as bad

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Up to date chromium is 100% just as bad. Forked and selectively maintained version (like brave) aren't 100% just as bad, but varying degrees well below up to maybe even slightly above this hypothetical 100% marker. Not advocating for Brave (I don't personally use it), but the way they update is my main point here.

Not all of chromium's constituent components are required for a functional browser. At the end of the day, Firefox is just easier to trust and better supported than any of the chromium forks, personal opinion.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Brave is bad for its own reasons, like the cryptocurrency scam built into it.

[–] Shelberg@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Okay, but if you just ignore/disable that part of it?

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Like I said, I'm not advocating for it, and some forks are worse than basic chromuim.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Not to mention the brave ceo

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