The big problem is Chromes and Googles dominance over the internet. Even at this moment, there are sites that don't work with Firefox/alternate browsers at all.

Stating that people can use alternative browsers is theoretically correct, but in reality one is forced to have a Chromium based browser installed for the websites/services one has to access. (My main browser is Firefox and I have a Chromium backup browser on every device, not by my choice.)

Combine this with the push of Google to prevent adblocking and centralize control of the internet at one place, and we are on our way to a real shit show.

You can happily search for the history of Internet Explorer in the 2000s, for a taste of what is yet to come.

In case Googles agenda has not affected you, yet, you should really ponder if

a.) Googles agenda will never affect you negatively in the future b.) Googles agenda will never affect people you care about in the future

In the end, I don't hate Chrome, Chromium or any other browser based on this technology. I really don't like the direction things are developing and I remember the monopolies of the past in IT, which were only of benefit for the monopolists.

[–] Frub@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So basically the problem is google itself, not chromium

[–] atyaz@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. But google controls chromium, and everything that goes in it. And they're using that control to change how the internet works. So just saying that "chromium is a problem" can be considered a useful shorthand so you don't have to explain that every time.

[–] Frub@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Photoshop isn't a bad product but adobe sucks

[–] atyaz@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean exactly but I think you might be missing the point. Google is using chromium's ubiquity to exert control over how the internet works. Chromium being so ubiquitous makes it so web servers can lock out other web browsers.

If you want the entire internet to work like an adobe product, where one company has absolute control over it, then yeah your analogy works. But the whole point is people don't want that.

[–] Frub@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

What I mean is that chromium (essentially) has a monopoly on browser market share, similar with Photoshop. I don't mean it's a good thing when it's like that, but it doesn't make them bad products