▲ 22 ▼ Brave will not add Web Integration support (twitter.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by mrmanager@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments I think we need all support we can get to fight Google on this, so I welcome Brave here actually. Use this link to avoid going to Twitter: https://nitter.kavin.rocks/BrendanEich/status/1684561924191842304
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Chromium is open source. Brave can just fork it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What do you mean Brave "can" fork it? It's already a fork. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and Brave employs software developers that do this sort of thing as a primary task of their job. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) "Just" fork it. Right. It's a massive undertaking to maintain a fork of something that large and continue pulling in patches of later developments. Not to say that Brave doesn't have the resources to do so - I really don't know their scale - but this notion of "just fork" gets thrown around a lot with these kinds of scenarios. It's an idealistic view and the noble goal of open source software, but in practical and pragmatic terms it doesn't always win, because it takes time and effort and resources that may not just be available. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fernandofig@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Did you read the tweet from Brendan Eich linked in the OP? According to him, Brave already is a fork, and he provides a link to a (surprisingly) extensive list of things that are removed / disabled from chromium on their browser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This is correct - any “Chromium-based” browser is literally a fork unless it’s completely unchanged from upstream (even rebranding and changing the logo and name would require maintaining a fork). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What do you mean Brave "can" fork it? It's already a fork. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and Brave employs software developers that do this sort of thing as a primary task of their job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and Brave employs software developers that do this sort of thing as a primary task of their job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) "Just" fork it. Right. It's a massive undertaking to maintain a fork of something that large and continue pulling in patches of later developments. Not to say that Brave doesn't have the resources to do so - I really don't know their scale - but this notion of "just fork" gets thrown around a lot with these kinds of scenarios. It's an idealistic view and the noble goal of open source software, but in practical and pragmatic terms it doesn't always win, because it takes time and effort and resources that may not just be available. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fernandofig@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Did you read the tweet from Brendan Eich linked in the OP? According to him, Brave already is a fork, and he provides a link to a (surprisingly) extensive list of things that are removed / disabled from chromium on their browser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This is correct - any “Chromium-based” browser is literally a fork unless it’s completely unchanged from upstream (even rebranding and changing the logo and name would require maintaining a fork). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fernandofig@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Did you read the tweet from Brendan Eich linked in the OP? According to him, Brave already is a fork, and he provides a link to a (surprisingly) extensive list of things that are removed / disabled from chromium on their browser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This is correct - any “Chromium-based” browser is literally a fork unless it’s completely unchanged from upstream (even rebranding and changing the logo and name would require maintaining a fork). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago This is correct - any “Chromium-based” browser is literally a fork unless it’s completely unchanged from upstream (even rebranding and changing the logo and name would require maintaining a fork). permalink fedilink source parent