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Thoughts on Helium browser? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by 64bithero@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Not the biggest fan of Chromium based browsers. Thoughts on Helium ?

https://helium.computer/

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[–] Georgvwt@europe.pub 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Good browser, people who don't see need in a new chromium browser know nothing about today's industry lol

[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 4 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

As the person who made the (currently highest upvoted) comment about not needing a new Chromium browser, could you enlighten me on what I should know about "today's industry"?

[–] Georgvwt@europe.pub 1 points 36 minutes ago

Answer me this, what chromium browser today is good??

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I love ff but competition is always good

[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Can't tell if you're joking but the problem is serious lack of competition for Chromium browsers. Every Chromium browser brings nothing meaningfully new but just strengthens Google's monopoly.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I meant in the way that chrome is good competition for ff. Not necessarily that we Need even more chromium browsers

[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 2 points 2 hours ago

Oh yes, it would be even worse if we only had one browser engine. We need more browser engines is the point, not more tweaked Chromium browsers.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

You've got that backwards bub. Firefox is the competition. Chrome has like 65% of the market share. Chrome is the browser to compete against, not Firefox.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 15 minutes ago

Even if Chrome is the dominant Browser it is still competition, no?

[–] Georgvwt@europe.pub -1 points 35 minutes ago

yeah, "competition", firefox sends data to google and google pays firefox for google search to be main search in the browser out of the box

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

Ooh, as a web developer, I can answer this.

We (web developers) are, on average, incompetent. Many of our websites only work in Chromium based browsers, due to aforementioned incompetence.

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, we don't need more chromium browsers but fewer. I will never use that garbage.

[–] Georgvwt@europe.pub 1 points 33 minutes ago

Okay ig? I hate firefox so i don't use it, but i love chromium so i want more normal browsers on chromium