somefool@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoDuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows nowwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows nowwww.theverge.comsomefool@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarebigredcar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoDuckDuckGo always boasts they are not Google but they won’t put in the effort to make a non Google browser.
minus-squarebeefcat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s really dumb because Gecko and WebKit are right there. Putting them in your own browser may be a bit more difficult than reskinning Chromium, but it’s not some monumental engineering effort.
minus-squareGalacticBanana@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey do say their MacOS browser is made with WebKit, so it’s definitely weird to use Chromium for Windows.
DuckDuckGo always boasts they are not Google but they won’t put in the effort to make a non Google browser.
It’s really dumb because Gecko and WebKit are right there. Putting them in your own browser may be a bit more difficult than reskinning Chromium, but it’s not some monumental engineering effort.
They do say their MacOS browser is made with WebKit, so it’s definitely weird to use Chromium for Windows.