Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals
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A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."
  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Thank you for being corrective about the WebKit thing.

    I wish media and others would be more accurate when talking about browsers. All these “Chrome-based” browsers are not “based” on Chrome at all, they are just using Blink, the rendering engine, which Chrome/Chromium also uses. And Blink itself is based on/forked from WebKit, funny enough.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I don’t get all the fuss about browsers. google and apple are really just trying to make sure everyone is using a KHTML based browser, out of the goodness of their heart, so it is good for everyone. KHTML is good. don’t fight against it.

      • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Any particular reason why it’s “good for everyone”, or it just is?

        Diversity and non-monopoly is good.

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          /s

          if it was just the rendering engine and not the entire base browser, removal of the APIs from chrome needed for ublock origin wouldn’t be that big of a deal.