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by bigyabai 205 days ago
> If I'm using a blink based browser I become vulnerable to any other profit motivated changes like that one.

Only if your OEM prevents you from installing competing browser engines. For most real computers it's not a concern.

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Yeah, what IS preventing you is the lack of competing browsers.
But notably not lack of competing browser engines as the power of these decisions come from the product and not the open source libraries the product uses.
Oof, maybe read his comment again...