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minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It’s quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFirefox uses their own engine, Gecko
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.
minus-squareTeon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFirefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS. FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.
It’s chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It’s quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.
Is Firefox not also using chromium?
Firefox uses their own engine, Gecko
No, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.
I did not know this, thank you.
Firefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS.
FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.