Oh boy another Chromium based "challenger" to chrome... LMFAO
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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It's gonna be a reskin of Chrome with the default search changed.
OpenAI's browser is built atop Chromium, Google's own open-source browser code, two of the sources said.
I don't see the problem with this, as long as they fork it and cut off dependance from Google.
Two tech giants fighting over the browser market is better than just a straight up monopoly
The problem is that web browsers have become a mono culture. I lived through IE6 putting netscape out of business, and then never updating IE6. It was not a fun time for 10 years until Firefox came along. We need more diversity in browser engines.
This definitely seems like open AI wants to use us as a botnet to scrape the net for them.
Please put a cw for sam's hideous face