> you need an alternate product, and not an alternate browser engine.
Sorry?
The engine is what reads the protocols. It's how the internet is navigated. It is... the car to the road.
> Maintaining an opinionated fork is cheaper than maintaining an alternate browser engine
I believe I EXPLICITLY mentioned this.
> This allows you to invest more resources into the product
Incorrect.
It allows you to invest more time into a different aspect of the product. A browser isn't just a UI interface. It isn't just the style of the car. It isn't just the paint job. Chromium browsers are like taking the engine and drive train, chassis, power train, and suspension out of one car and putting it into a new body. Sure, that's a different car and saves you a lot of time and effort but the cars are going to have very similar performance and capabilities.
Let's put it this way. If Jeep was the dominating car company and decided all cars have good suspension and then Jeep, due to their "expertise in cars" got an unequal say in how roads were designed, then they might want to do things like make roads more rough and bumpy because their cars can handle it and a Porche couldn't. Does that make roads a better place? For everyone? No, that just kills Jeep's competition, further embeds their market dominance, and let's them dictate a critical part of our infrastructure.
You're so focused on the trees you've missed that they're part of a forest.
The engine is what reads the protocols. It's how the internet is navigated. It is... the car to the road.
I believe I EXPLICITLY mentioned this. Incorrect.It allows you to invest more time into a different aspect of the product. A browser isn't just a UI interface. It isn't just the style of the car. It isn't just the paint job. Chromium browsers are like taking the engine and drive train, chassis, power train, and suspension out of one car and putting it into a new body. Sure, that's a different car and saves you a lot of time and effort but the cars are going to have very similar performance and capabilities.
Let's put it this way. If Jeep was the dominating car company and decided all cars have good suspension and then Jeep, due to their "expertise in cars" got an unequal say in how roads were designed, then they might want to do things like make roads more rough and bumpy because their cars can handle it and a Porche couldn't. Does that make roads a better place? For everyone? No, that just kills Jeep's competition, further embeds their market dominance, and let's them dictate a critical part of our infrastructure.
You're so focused on the trees you've missed that they're part of a forest.