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This is a browser built on Chromium. Where is its source code? Is this a closed-source wrapper around Chromium? Later: Answer: Yes. https://twitter.com/jeremiahg/status/392335814048247808
I am doing a double-take as well. It seems like closed-source is antithesis to "designed for the every day person who really values their online security and privacy."
I'm actually happy when browsers keep their core features as lean as possible and instead do the work that enable plugin creators to create functionality. More true for ad-blocking, where you want the plugin to be updated more often than the browser itself (e.g., for newer lists, new techniques for detecting ads).
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I am doing a double-take as well. It seems like closed-source is antithesis to "designed for the every day person who really values their online security and privacy."
I think the key word there is 'every day person', which for most non-technical people means that they trust someone has looked after the problem, and may actually feel safer by paying someone to do so.
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I am doing a double-take as well. It seems like closed-source is antithesis to "designed for the every day person who really values their online security and privacy."
I think the key word there is 'every day person', which for most non-technical people means that they trust someone has looked after the problem, and may actually feel safer by paying someone to do so.
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I am doing a double-take as well. It seems like closed-source is antithesis to "designed for the every day person who really values their online security and privacy."
How? Seems to me like an "every day person" wouldn't dive into the source code of their browser.
If I got an email from george@avoid416scam.com claiming to protect my bank account from 416 scams for free if I give him access to my bank account, I'd be suspicious. Instead I got a website from whitehatsec.com claiming to provide me a more secure web browser for free, claiming it's perfectly safe to put in my bank account info into it. Won't touch it with a barge pole. My spidey sense is tingling for one reason or…
"And yet not a single browser vendor offers ad blocking, instead relying on optional third-party plugins, because this breaks their business model and how they make money.". I'm actually happy when browsers keep their core features as lean as possible and instead do the work that enable plugin creators to create functionality. More true for ad-blocking, where you want the plugin to be updated more often than the brow…
"Closed Source: Check Potential GPL license violation: Check Random “whitehate” company using wordpress to host website: Check. Maybe it’s just me, but unless I see the source, I wouldn’t touch this with even a virtual machine."
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I think the key word there is 'every day person', which for most non-technical people means that they trust someone has looked after the problem, and may actually feel safer by paying someone to do so.
The placebo effect does not really apply to software, though.