It is pretty ingenious (and evil) the way they made the Chromium logo look like the shitty off-brand diet version of Chrome.
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2024
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Completely ignoring Chrome's success is off the back of it being advertised on the world's most popular website since it's release, then yeah.
And it being installed with unrelated software as crapware, and Google adopting Microsoft's "Youtube isn't done until Firefox doesn't run"...
and they advertised it on tv pretty heavily, too.
I love Opera's response to some of the idiotic speed test ads: https://youtu.be/zaT7thTxyq8
This was before Opera dropped their own engine and became just another Chrome skin unfortunately.
For those who missed the original Chrome ads, here they are: https://youtu.be/nCgQDjiotG0
I really miss the old Opera. Dropped it immediately when they went with Chrome.
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Wait, what?
They had some iconic ads back in the day. Some examples:
Speed - https://youtu.be/FaNpWJY9SEs
Stability - https://youtu.be/GZRZcKEtHzo
Security - https://youtu.be/ekeRDKxQe1g
Edit: cleaned up the links
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I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf...)
EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!
For years I've seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk
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As others already said, Chromium definitely isn't the first or only one to use a blue logo. There is a theory that colours influence the way we perceive a brand, for example this article explains that idea.
Blue is supposed to convey trustworthiness and maturity. A lot of companies like that, so you tend to see a lot of blue.
You may also be experiencing the frequency illusion. If you specifically noticed the blue in Chromium's logo, it would make sense that you suddenly started noticing the blue in other logos as well!
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Literally just use Firefox
I don't blame the users here, remember from 2008 to 2012 where chrome ads where plastered on every website. Google knew what it was doing spreading its Trojan horse. I wouldn't have known about the existence of chromium if I wasn't lurking of privacy forums, blame google this time.
Back then chrome was useful tho. Faster than any competition.
Now, while it's still fast, it's so. Fekkin. Hungry.
I want my browser to be hungry. I'd rather have it using the memory for sites than have the sites reload when I switch tabs. I want it to be fast on all things.
This is not exclusive to Chrome. No matter what I use, I want it to be running from RAM and not have to swap or reload anything. Even things on my phone. I absolutely hate when I'm in the middle of multitasking on my phone and I go back to some information and the app has been unloaded and needs to load from scratch again (sometimes requiring a login to view the information I had previously retrieved).
That being said, I load everything I own up with about as much RAM as I can, and I buy devices with more RAM than I think I'll need. Generally when considering an upgrade to my current cellphone, I'm looking at the RAM of the new phone and considering if the increased amount justifies the work and cost involved with changing phones (if there's an increase at all). Since RAM will be the most significant factor in whether or not something can keep up with me.
My main PC has 64G, my laptop has 32G, and I believe right now, my current phone has 8G. It may be time to upgrade my phone....
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It wasn’t, people were using out dated explorer versions and up to date Chrome was faster
Luckily Microsoft learned from Google that you can’t leave updates up to the user
Love the legend at the bottom!
the hecking pepper brush from GIMP at the end got me laughing!
It's like a little trophy that we get the privilege of using as a reward for mastering GIMP's admittedly beginner-hostile interface
Nice job on the half chrome logo on the second panel
Thank you! You noticed! I like to put that extra little bit of effort into my memes to make them stand out
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when i was in high school chrome had lots of school restrictions but chromium didnt. life saver for me, guy who did nothing in high school
Schools IT departments all over the world are doing society a massive favor by indirectly teaching children how to bypass censorship. 80% of what I know about IP and NAT came from finding different ways to bypass my school's firewall haha
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Or use Firefox, a browser not made by the same guys who want to create a monopoly on web browsers.
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I agree with the sentiment, but acktshually... https://blog.chromium.org/2021/01/limiting-private-api-availability-in.html
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Well they marketed it heavily and this is the result.
Also no one is a loser for using a piece of software.
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I love how the Chrome logo is literally a camera shutter looking at you, with Chromium the same but in camo. Really gets the message across.
Good luck finding a Chromium build for non Linux based systems. Not that I would be affected by that.
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I tried to download Chromium but it's a mess. No way a regular user will be able to download and install it. The will to do it will fade pretty quickly
I go to the software center, search chromuim, click install. Its that easy for Linux mint users
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Why is Elmo standing in for Cookie Monster?
Huh? Wasn't this always how this template looked like? I found it by ducking (is that what we call it?) "elmo cocaine meme template", meanwhile "coockie monster cocaine meme template" returns nothing relevant...
EDIT: Are you making a joke about cookies that I am too dumb to understand?
I've never seen the meme before, my bad. I thought it was supposed to be cookie monster munching, not Elmo snorting!
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