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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago

All major browser engines are FOSS.

Chrome and Edge are proprietary wrappers around Chromium (BSD license). Firefox and derivatives are FOSS (Mozilla Public License). Safari is built around WebKit (LGPL/BSD).

The problem, however, is governance. These projects are all too big for anyone to realistically fork and maintain independently. So in practice, they are under control of Google, Mozilla, and Apple — all of which have questionable priorities (especially Google).

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[–] corbin@infosec.pub [S] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Chrome is mostly open-source software, Chromium builds are just missing Google data sync, some video DRM, and other proprietary components. I believe Firefox is completely FOSS.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I believe Firefox is completely FOSS.

Looks like it is! I was under the apparently false impression that it was only partly.

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[+] Feyd@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

I hate to admit sometimes that the Chrome experience (especially on mobile) can be a lot smoother and quicker to load, but Firefox wins every time on extensibility. But to your point yes the hate directed Firefox's way can be well, a bit much.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why would it? FOSS doesn't have the funding that commercial software does.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, because FOSS apps are usually the best/most user friendly option even if they're not always the most popular. If you woke up after a 30 year coma and had no prior commitments to using any particular software, there would be absolutely zero question that Linux is the best OS today.

An OS is a complicated thing, yet the FOSS option is the safest, most user friendly, and most versatile. I'm just a little surprised there isn't a browser that checks those boxes too, since the browser is a widely used thing. But I'm guessing because Firefox exists the number of devs willing to give the time investment just isn't as many.

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[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

most user friendly? cough cough. I doubt. for this - as in works as is - the journey is still long.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago*

From someone waking up from a coma without experience with Windows or MacOS, Linux truly is the most user friendly. It may not have been true five years ago but in my mind it is without question true now.