Chinese startup's 'self-made' web browser built on Google Chrome

guest · Aug 20, 2018

Chinese startup's 'self-made' web browser built on Google Chrome
August 19, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-startups-self-made-web-browser-built-on-google-chrome/

A Chinese technology startup that claimed its internet browser software was developed with independent intellectual property rights was found to have utilised substantial code from Google Chrome.

Redcore's web browser, which was widely utilised by government, state-owned enterprises, as well as large-sized companies in China, was found containing Chrome files in its installation directory by social media users.

Redcore browser engine is based on the globally-accepted open-source Chromium kernel architecture, but the information was not explicitly mentioned in the marketing, misleading some consumers to believe it was developed by the company from scratch, the statement added.

Redcore, which initially compared its product to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Apple's Safari, and Firefox on its website, has swiftly removed downloads of its web browsers after the incident.
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Rasheed187 · Aug 25, 2018

Weird, was this really so hard to figure out? You basically got only 3 browser platforms: Edge, Firefox and Chromium. It would have been pretty major if some company developed a browser engine from scratch.

Brummelchen · Aug 25, 2018

edge has no platform... its not usable from outside as triton engine (IE).

Last Thursday, an internet user in China unzipped the Redcore browser's installation package and found a Chrome file with a version number of 49.1.2623.213 -- the last version of Google Chrome that supports Windows XP.
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