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Browser engine monopolization
I understand one of the reasons behind switching Microsoft Edge to a Chromium codebase/Blink rendering engine was to make it easier to update and increase cross-platform portability, as well as incre...
- So true again,
we've seen it multiple times, where a defect in Chromium source caused problem in Microsoft Edge insider channels.
In my opinion, Microsoft helped Chromium a lot so that shows they are capable of working on it and developing it further alone, without the help of Google, so I think why not create a fork or parallel project of Chromium (starting from version 80) and continue developing it side by side with Google.
like Google Chrome is proprietary freeware but Chromium is completely open-source.
so Microsoft can fork Chromium, call it a different name, keep it open-source so people can still contribute to the project, and it will be the source for the Edge insider. it will give Microsoft full control over the source code of their own browsers.
Very well said, it's all True.
HotCakeX I'm not sure why anyone else isn't concerned. People won't want to use the new Edge because it'll be practically the same as Chrome. Whether they want to abandon EdgeHTML because they feel they'll have to release its source code or some other "secret" reason is beyond me.
- So true again,
we've seen it multiple times, where a defect in Chromium source caused problem in Microsoft Edge insider channels.
In my opinion, Microsoft helped Chromium a lot so that shows they are capable of working on it and developing it further alone, without the help of Google, so I think why not create a fork or parallel project of Chromium (starting from version 80) and continue developing it side by side with Google.
like Google Chrome is proprietary freeware but Chromium is completely open-source.
so Microsoft can fork Chromium, call it a different name, keep it open-source so people can still contribute to the project, and it will be the source for the Edge insider. it will give Microsoft full control over the source code of their own browsers.- Yep, nothing like giving the worlds largest data miner the control keys to the whole world. Either let us siphon your life or we'll just shut the world web down.....
Dennis5mile- Yeah, it's scary when a single entity has too much control
Another side effect of so many browsers using the same codebase or at least the same rendering engine is that any bugs or vulnerabilities in the original will trickle down to its derivatives. This is bad for online reliability and security.
