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minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It’s quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.
minus-squareKingPyrox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIs Firefox not also using chromium?
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoFirefox uses their own engine, Gecko
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.
minus-squareTeon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.