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[–] mr47 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And what happens when your fork diverges too much? That will be maintenance nightmare, good luck with that.

[–] c0mbatbag3l -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is it any different from developing a new Linux distro?

[–] mr47 1 points 2 years ago

If that's your metaphore, then the browser engine is the kernel. Have you ever seen a Linux distro forking the kernel and taking it into a different direction? It's always just (relatively) minor changes, if any, so that keeping up with the upstream kernel is possible. Mostly a matter of built-in drivers, and a security feature here and there.