Lol + okay. My space bar is fine. I just found it more fitting without it. Henceforth I'll be using this word for news like this.
India will launch own indigenous Web Browser
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NikhilSingh25
Galvanizer
Needed a /s considering a lot of literal comments about every new government initiative becoming transformative.
It's built on Chromium, just like Brave, Arc, Chrome, and Edge - that is, basically a wrapper on Chromium. Not sure how to feel about this. Google will likely still collect analytics anyway since they built the core engine & chromium too. Maybe Ulaa took measures to block that, but I wouldn’t be too confident.
It runs on open-source Chromium but isn’t open-source itself, so what it shares and does with your data is entirely up to them. I could be wrong, but a "privacy-focused" browser that isn’t open-source feels kinda fishy.
It runs on open-source Chromium but isn’t open-source itself, so what it shares and does with your data is entirely up to them. I could be wrong, but a "privacy-focused" browser that isn’t open-source feels kinda fishy.
I don't think it works like that. The analytical part is proprietary and is included with chrome only.
Not sure about that maybe you are right & it might be true, but then again, it still sends device info and cookies. Even if there were an option to block Google from receiving that data, how can we be sure they actually did? There’s UnGoogled Chromium, but Ulaa isn’t open-source, so there’s no way to verify.
(I did read that since they don’t rely on an ad-based model, so they don’t share analytics with Google, but who knows?)
Not that I am trying to say its bad, it's in fact a great initiative but just that privacy thing
[maybe they might open-source it in future, who knows?]
invisiblebond
Explorer
Excellent idea! The default browser for all central government... Private entities will take over security updates, costing the Modi government Rs. 0.
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restofworld.org
Lol Crazy
Ulla looks more like vivaldi , ping-browser is braveDepends on whether it is a government pre-requisite to share data. The browser which won the challenge is from Zoho which at least has a good track record of software development. The browser itself is already available.
Ulaa - Private, Secure, and Superfast Browser
Ulaa is a browser that respects your privacy, protects your personal data, and helps you work online more efficiently.ulaa.com
The unfortunate part is that it is still a Chromium clone.
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CasualGamer91
Forerunner
Zoho is an Indian SaaS company. You can take a look at their website for offerings.
Zoho | Cloud Software Suite for Businesses
A unique and powerful software suite for businesses of all sizes. With 55+ applications, Zoho caters to 100 million+ users for their end-to-end business needs.
I thought they are using chromium and building on top of it , but they went a step ahead
Ssreek
Herald
Yeah, Zoho is very impressive, after I've used some of it's stuff. Is it private? If it goes IPO definitely try to grab some shares... 
@anmolbhard004
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See https://www.zoho.com/aboutus.html
@anmolbhard004.
See https://www.zoho.com/aboutus.html