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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That's why projects aiming to "ungoogle" it exist.

[–] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Right, but just because a browser is based on Chromium doesn't mean it has the Google spyware, right?

[–] ArtificialLink@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Chromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.