India launches competition to build a homegrown web browser

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/indian_web_browser_development_challenge/

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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Like, chromium with a fresh coat of paint?

LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's always Chromium with a coat of paint 😒

doppelgangmember@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

©hrome paint

anarchyrabbit@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 3y

Oh you mean chromium with additional spyware?

Rooki@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Like spyware with chromium coated on it?

bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y

Would you say that any browser that uses Blink is Chromium with a coat of paint?

jadelord@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y

Unrealistic if it involves a web engine (it might take a long time for any team to implement something) but good for everyone if it succeeds.

DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y

Bureaucracies always do such a shit job with tech. A complete failure to understand the nuance.

I'm not a fan of capitalism generally, but it does have it's virtues - foremost is figuring out whether a project is economically viable. If an indian browser could be successful then it would already be a thing. A competition isn't going to change the long term viability of a project like this.