![]() Extension install policiesĬhrome only allows extensions hosted at the Chrome Web Store to be installed unless you enter developer mode. Google's Chrome web browser enforces the sandbox and won't run without nagging you that it's not fully functional. ![]() ![]() That means malware ads can't change your settings or get into your address book. Automatic security sandboxingĬhromium includes a sandbox that prevents any type of code from making any changes to any files outside of its own. Background updatesĬhrome has a mechanic to automatically update with patches for web exploits and new features the same as Microsoft does for Windows. Anything not free isn't included in the Chromium source. Adobe Flash Playerįlash content isn't dead, and the Chrome web browser includes a sandboxed API (the Pepper API also known as PPAPI) that gets constant security updates to play it in the browser window. Without the proprietary codecs, Chromium can't play a lot of content on the web, including HTML5 videos streamed in the H.264 codec and web media mostly sucks. Support for a set of "free" codecs is included, and those are Opus, Theora, Vorbis VP8, VP9, and WAV. Media codecsĬhrome includes licensed codecs for AAC, H.264, and MP3 file support. These options aren't available in Chromium and need to be added by an end user like you or me or by any company using the Chromium source to build its own standalone product. Google adds plenty of its own closed source and proprietary pieces into the Chrome browser that Chromium lacks. The basics are present in both: the design of the interface, the Blink rendering engine, and the option to synchronize all your user data in Google's cloud. The Chromium code can be used as-is and built into a familiar looking web browser, but it's very different than the Chrome web browser.
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