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Discontinued [DEPRECATED] Please see https://github.com/brave/brave-browser for the current version of Brave
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From how I understand it, site data like the URL or even the content of the website is fed into an ML model which outputs a cohort value. That cohort value might be changed by every single individual website you visit, or by content on that website. So it's possible that some sensitive data you'd rather keep private lands in the hands of Google.
> The browser uses machine learning algorithms to develop a cohort based on the sites that an individual visits. The algorithms might be based on the URLs of the visited sites, on the content of those pages, or other factors.
https://github.com/WICG/floc
>Google bought widevine last year.
Google bought widewine in 2010
>Google didn't invent that particular DRM, but now that it's widespread, they have bought it outright.
It invented most of it, in the last 10 years it owned widevine.
As for how open widevine is:
>I'm sorry but we're not supporting an open source solution like this
https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/widevine/gmail-thread.html
Or as Brian Bondy, of Brave, put it:
>This is a prime example for why free as in beer is not enough. Small share browsers are at the mercy of Google, and Google is stalling us for no communicated-to-us reason.
https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449#issueco...
So yeah, you can fork chromium and make your own nifty browser. But do not expect being able to play any video from any paid streaming service any time soon or ever.