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- | ====== Chromium' | + | ====== Chromium' |
As free software activists, we all enjoy using the latest and greatest in free software, but we need to make sure that **the software we are using really does respect our freedom**. Many users have expressed to us **their desire to run Chromium web browser**, since it appears to be fully free software, **but it still fails in several ways**. | As free software activists, we all enjoy using the latest and greatest in free software, but we need to make sure that **the software we are using really does respect our freedom**. Many users have expressed to us **their desire to run Chromium web browser**, since it appears to be fully free software, **but it still fails in several ways**. | ||
- | In our research, we discovered that the situation is improving. Just a few years ago, there were over one thousand unlicensed files which were <color # | + | In our research, we discovered that the situation is improving. Just a few years ago, **there were over one thousand unlicensed files** which were <color # |
- | However, Chromium, by default, | + | **However, Chromium, by default**, <color # |
===== What are the issues? ===== | ===== What are the issues? ===== | ||
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==== Queries to Google ==== | ==== Queries to Google ==== | ||
- | By default, | + | **By default, Chromium source code still has many lines of code that makes direct internet connections to Google**. |
When building the software unpatched, much of your browsing experience is under the control of Google' | When building the software unpatched, much of your browsing experience is under the control of Google' | ||
- | As mentioned in our article [[https:// | + | As mentioned in the article [[https:// |
==== Pre-built Binaries ==== | ==== Pre-built Binaries ==== | ||
- | By default, Chromium | + | **By default, Chromium** <color # |
==== DRM and Proprietary Codecs ==== | ==== DRM and Proprietary Codecs ==== | ||
- | Chromium supports the use of <color # | + | **Chromium supports** the use of <color # |
==== Privacy problems ==== | ==== Privacy problems ==== | ||
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Chromium is also being used as an **embedded framework in various projects**. | Chromium is also being used as an **embedded framework in various projects**. | ||
- | Users should be aware that **Qt WebEngine is based on Chromium and therefore contains many of the same flaws**. [[https:// | + | Users should be aware that **Qt WebEngine is based on Chromium and therefore contains many of the same flaws**. [[https:// |
For our freedom' | For our freedom' |