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DuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows now (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by simple to c/technology
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[–] Noxvento 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it Chromium based?

[–] mixagin 3 points 1 year ago

Couldn't find the answer around the web, but here's their blog post about the browser!

https://spreadprivacy.com/windows-browser-open-beta/

[–] udadu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It uses Microsofts WebView2, which is chromium. Also it neither block ads nor support any extension.

[–] Noxvento 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why? That seems stupid. Who wants privacy and ads shown?

[–] timespace 4 points 1 year ago

It’s still in beta. Extension support is coming, it’s in the article in OP.

[–] scutiger 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, but it has a privacy-friendly alternative to blocking ads: not blocking ads!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It looks like it’s fully in house. They say it’s not a fork of any browser and that everything was made by their team