XPost: aus.computers   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   In aus.computers keithr0  wrote:   
   > On 1/12/2025 7:11 am, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >> On 30/11/2025 18:55, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>> If you are 'politically' anti-google, I'm not sure that should extend to   
   >>> everything opensource that google has ever contributed.   
   >>   
   >> The problem is that the complexity of modern programs/apps/OSs is beyond   
   >> the understanding of any individual. I see that Chromium has over 36   
   >> million lines of code; how can anyone know what all that code does?   
   >> Google maintains Chromium, and according to the Chromium blog (> blog.chromium.org/2025/01/announcing-supporters-of-chromium-based.html>):   
   >> "In 2024, Google made over 100,000 commits to Chromium, accounting for   
   >> ~94 percent of contributions."   
   >>   
   >> If the ~94% holds true for chromium since it appeared in 2008, that   
   >> would mean about 34 million lines of code came from Google. What does it   
   >> all do? Has anyone gone through it all in the same way that GrapheneOS   
   >> has done with Android?   
   >   
   > Isn't that a thing with open source anyway? Not everything is generated   
   > by some enthusiast banging away in his or her spare time, but by people   
   > employed by large companies who make use of FOSS stuff and contribute   
   > back to it.   
      
   I think plenty of those large companies expect to make money off it   
   too, and I can't imagine anyone thinks Google develop Chrome just   
   for their own use. Unlike eg. IBM/Red Hat working on Linux software   
   used in the distro they sell, or Intel contributing code to make the   
   Linux kernel work better with their CPUs/GPUs, the reward is less   
   direct with Google and Chrome. It's simply to give them control over   
   how the Web works, which is obviously a huge competitive advantage   
   for a Web company. It's also why I don't want to help cede that   
   control to them by using their browser or any of its derivatives   
   such as this one.   
      
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