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    They’re not “run on Chromium” like apps run on Windows. They use Chromium as their integral part. Better analogy would be taking Windows, uninstalling some but not all pre-installed apps, adding a bunch of bells and whistles to it, and saying that you’ve made an OS that is an alternative to Windows.

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      Exactly. Calling Chromium-based browsers “Chrome with extra steps” might not be exactly accurate, but it conveys the truth of the matter pretty accurately

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        You linked a marketing page. It says “it’s a layer”, sure. They conveniently omitted that other “layers” they mention - UI and synchronization between devices - aren’t even close to be comparable in complexity with engine.
        Like that one guy in your school project, slacking off for a month, and then coming in hot with writing a page out of 30, and getting equal share of the credit.

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        Exactly. Nobody in their right mind will say that Ubuntu is a Linus Torvalds free alternative to Linux.