Anything chromium based is just moving the problem of Chromium being overly dependent on Google sponsoring its development, setting its roadmap, and effectively taking important decisions as to what it can and cannot do. Long term, it would be nice to see Chromium becoming more independent from Google. It might take a fork and a consortium of companies taking over development instead of outsourcing that to Google.
But the reality today is that most development on Chromium is done pretty much exclusively by Google with trivial amounts of external contributions.
That's why I use Firefox. I'm not necessarily happy with how that is overly dependent on Google but at least they are semi independent.
The main issue is that there are plenty of companies that like the idea of providing a browser that don't seem to be interested in funding the development of one. Other than Google which at this point is bank rolling Chromium, Firefox, and Safari. This is weird and not long term sustainable.
But the reality today is that most development on Chromium is done pretty much exclusively by Google with trivial amounts of external contributions.
That's why I use Firefox. I'm not necessarily happy with how that is overly dependent on Google but at least they are semi independent.
The main issue is that there are plenty of companies that like the idea of providing a browser that don't seem to be interested in funding the development of one. Other than Google which at this point is bank rolling Chromium, Firefox, and Safari. This is weird and not long term sustainable.