Is this a compliment to Google? Edge is just chromium with few eye candies, custom settings and original tracking system replaced by Microsoft tracking system.

We know it is a good browser, Google engineers are in general good engineers

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Chrome is Google, and it is based on chromium, an open source project

[–] kay@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Android is also open source and developed by Google... these aren't mutually exclusive

If you want chromium without Google get 'ungoogled chromium'

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A project being open source does not mean it isn't owned and controlled by a company. Chromium is entirely controlled by Google. It accepts contributions and fixes from others, but Google has the last say on everything, so it still has lots of Google telemetry.