Linux Foundation Launches Pay-to-Play, Inclusive 'Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers'

Because doing something about "Linux" just isn't the Linux Foundation's style. Plus: Reactions from Brendan Eich (Brave CEO) & Andreas Kling (Ladybird Browser).

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[richard]

The reason DEI is everywhere is because those who provide business loans (eg Blackrock) demand a certain level of DEI.

[javaman]

They actually misspelled the name of their project in the very first sentence of their press release. That sure inspires confidence.

[TaiGroot]

This is likely happening to provide a backup organization to house chromium if the google lawsuit goes through and they are forced to divest.

[csh]

The Linux foundation is based in san Francisco? Says alot

[ARockRaider]

as soon as you connected "google has some level of control in the Linux foundation" and "the Linux Foundation set up a branch to work on Chromium" i was thinking "ok, so Google just set up a company they have at least partial control over to be the company they sell Chromium to and figure (probably correctly) that the judge won't put that together in time"

[odirex]

🎶 it's a shell game after all 🎶
🎶 it's a shell game after all 🎶
🎶 it's a shell game after all 🎶
🎶 to escape the DOJ 🎶

[jasong]

It's amazing that with such info and freedom we have at our fingertips, how many folks are willing to cut freedom and progress's noses to spite the face of someone, somewhere having a different opinion.

[arubaga]

This is a "Big Corp" browser funder, where advertising and data collection policies can be coordinated.

[BillinSD]

Natural progression to systemd-chromiumd

[alxkub]

Yet another move from the big tech to assert their dominance over the web and Linux.

[jayshartzer]

You know I always thought if Linux was to fall it would be after Linus was long gone

How the mighty have fallen

[markr]

Google would need to be forbidden to having any affiliates on the board or providing any funding to the foundation to prevent "undo influence".

[ustrucx]

And these are the people taking over the kernel after Linus retires...

[KalaAltheaBalik]

I am tired of these Covert Big Corp Open Source foundations...

[SenileOtaku]

So who will be the judge that would have to approve Google's "sale" of Chrome? I think he or she should be informed of this attempted end-run around any divestiture ruling.
But you know that some point in the next few years (or less) someone is going to find a major zero-day vulnerability in Chromium-Core. Some vulnerability that will hit EVERY Chromium-based browser on every platform. You remember how bad it was with all the vulnerabilities in MSIE? That was ONE browser on ONE platform. A Chromium vulnerability will hit nearly EVERY browser on nearly EVERY platform. I'm kind of looking forward to it, so I can sit by and LAUGH at them.

[MyName-tboz]

Anyone who doesn't understand that TLF is just a giant corpo-glow project is a damn-fool.

[superangrybrit]

It's all about «Driving Innovashun!» 👍

[slaapliedje]

Wtf does the Linux Foundation have to do with Chromium... at all?

[seancollins]

The Linux Money laundering machine, get it right

[SPATL]

So they're "focused on inclusivity, " but won't include Brave?! Uh-huh.