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Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can call it whatever you want, I need it for work. Also, Safari is Chromium and the site doesn't work in Safari either. Whatever the Indian coders they contracted to make it did it in some way that only Chrome works.

But if you don't want me to thank OP, fine. I withdraw my thanks.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Safari uses Apple's own WebKit. Firefox uses Gecko. Besically every other browser uses Chromium.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Uhh, whoever told you that Safari was chromium played a good prank on you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chromium is a fork of webkit Edge is now a fork of chromium Gecko/quantum do their own thing.

Aside from some edge cases in Linux land, those are the engines.