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> Chrome isn't open source, chromium is. What are the extra bits in chrome?

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ChromiumBrowserVsGoo...

Plus, if you're on Windows or Mac, the auto-updater for Chrome.

The most significant differences are probably that Chrome has oit-of-the-box support for AAC, H.264, MP3, and Flash that Chromium does not have (by default).



When the whole issue being discussed is about Google's control/power, and the potential for mis-use, and general mis-trust of Google, it seems a little odd to reference a google supplied document about the differences between the open source and commercial versions.

If they are doing nefarious things (e.g. if they shipped something that benefited their own web properties and hurt others) they wouldn't exactly publicise that, now would they?




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