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en:philosophy:chromium_flaws [2019/10/13 19:59]
emulatorman 		en:philosophy:chromium_flaws [2022/03/23 06:09] (current)
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-====== Chromium's Freedom Flaws ======+====== Chromium's Flaws ======
  
 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**.
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 ==== DRM and Proprietary Codecs ==== ==== DRM and Proprietary Codecs ====
  
-**Chromium supports** the use of <color #B90B0B/#FFDDDD>Widevine DRM, Adobe Pepper Flash, and third-party codecs which are nonfree</color>. **Packagers must ensure that these are removed from the source code** prior to compiling in order to be free software. **To disable them is not enough**. It required to **remove (support and references about it) from the source** as per the [[https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html|FSDG]].+**Chromium supports** the use of <color #B90B0B/#FFDDDD>Widevine DRM, Adobe Pepper Flash, and third-party codecs which are nonfree</color>. **Packagers must ensure that these are removed from the source code** prior to compiling in order to be free software. **To disable them is not enough**. It is required to **remove (support and references about it) from the source** as per the [[https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html|FSDG]].
  
 ==== Privacy problems ==== ==== Privacy problems ====