![]() I'll plop them right next to Microsoft in my list of, oh man wouldn't it be nice if they suddenly closed shop, companies. I wouldn't cry to see a world without Google, as I can agree they have well outstayed their welcome, but considering they own a majority stake in the universe, that's not happening any time soon. Google is a very strange company, traditionally speaking at least, advertising is big business, and big data is even bigger business, but they seem to be rather generous in their acts. ![]() This isn't surprising to me in the slightest however. My thoughts on this topic is, since Chromium is an open source web browser (in theory), wouldn't this code be potentially revertible, modifiable, or otherwise changeable to allow extensions like uBlock Origin to function for people that greatly want or need Chromium? Not that I am volunteering my next to no real programming capabilities to the task, but surely this is a drastic enough change to enough people's workloads to warrant some open source patch or mod. Its primary usage to me is for content consumption, and while I can use software video decoding it will heat up incredibly, and destroy the battery, making it a definite no-go. While this might not seem like a big deal breaker at first, keep in mind that the Surface Pro 3 is an x86 tablet with an old, and even when new, unimpressive battery, and horrible thermals (really talking it up here, aren't I?). Chrome/Chromium does, and in my distro (Arch Linux) that enhancement is included in the main chromium package. ![]() The issue with Firefox over Chrome is that, at present, Firefox does not support hardware accelerated video decoding on Linux. I currently own a Surface Pro 3 that has been modified to use Linux instead of Windows, which brings me loads of performance, power usage, and boot time improvements, as well as making it easier to integrate into my very Unix/Linux friendly home environment. "Fortunately, there's Firefox" I haven't had the chance to use Firefox seriously since Firefox 3 (back when it looked like the Netscape Navigator it came from, at least out of the box), so I can't speak for its reliability, compatibility, or much of anything else, but I can say that there is one very good reason I /cannot/ use Firefox. ![]()
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