Just figured this might be some welcome news to shout out from the crow's nest. Haven't tried it yet myself, so would love some feedback, me hearties!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

They're using whatever's built into the OS, because they don't want to be just another Chromium fork

EDIT - to clarify: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/

Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses “the underlying operating system rendering API” rather than its own forked browser code. That’s “a Windows WebView2 call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath,” according to DuckDuckGo’s blog post. Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites.

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They’re using whatever’s built into the OS

looks at Edge

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but isn't that just more Chromium?

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're not misunderstanding at all, and you're exactly right:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/

Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses "the underlying operating system rendering API" rather than its own forked browser code. That's "a Windows WebView2 call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath," according to DuckDuckGo's blog post. Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites.

[–] assclapcalamity@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

lmao

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So on Windows its Edge, so its another chrome client?

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Basically yes but only because that's what Windows ships with nowadays.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yes but it was developed now days and its just reality. But DuckDuckGo is favouring bing trackers anyway

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If they are wanting to be privacy focused, why use Chromium? It's a data hover extraordinaire.

[–] ymhr@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Isn't that a Chrome/Chromium distinction?