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by Seirdy 1923 days ago
> We care quite a lot about web standards and broad browser support at GitHub

From [0]:

> We design GitHub to support the latest web browsers. We support the current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge.

Following "web standards and broad browser support" and supporting recent versions of the four highest-budget browsers (three engines) seem different. There are at least a hundred browsers out there; keeping websites simple and standards compliant is a much easier route than testing on hundreds of different configurations.

On a semi-related note, to clear up any confusion: Qutebrowser uses QtWebEngine, which (like MS Edge) is Chromium-based.

[0]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-githu...