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[โ€“] Nalivai@lemmy.world 19 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

They're not "run on Chromium" like apps run on Windows. They use Chromium as their integral part. Better analogy would be taking Windows, uninstalling some but not all pre-installed apps, adding a bunch of bells and whistles to it, and saying that you've made an OS that is an alternative to Windows.

[โ€“] msage@programming.dev 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

ahem every linux distribution ahem

[โ€“] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Exactly. Nobody in their right mind will say that Ubuntu is a Linus Torvalds free alternative to Linux.

[โ€“] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 20 hours ago

Exactly. Calling Chromium-based browsers "Chrome with extra steps" might not be exactly accurate, but it conveys the truth of the matter pretty accurately