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It Sure Seems Like Amazon Is Making a New Web Browser: https://gizmodo.com/amazon-prime-new-web-browser-survey-1850224922

A user survey hints at a new project that aligns with Amazon's lucrative push into advertising as a complement to Prime.

By Thomas Germain

Published Tuesday 2:26PM

Amazon is thinking about releasing a web browser, a boring-sounding project that could have massive implications. The company has sent a survey to users asking detailed questions, including which features would “convince you to download and try” a “new desktop/laptop browser from Amazon.”

“We want to understand what our customers value about current web browsers, and what they wish the browsers could do better,” Amazon wrote in the survey, first spotted by Nicholas De Leon of Consumer Reports. “By participating in this survey, you will contribute to innovations that improve browsing experiences for millions of people around the world.”...

...This isn’t Amazon’s first dip into the browser waters, though. Amazon did put out a web browser once, which it called Silk. First launched in 2011, Silk was meant for Amazon’s own products. The company kept working on it, and Silk last made news when it came to the Echo Show in 2018. The survey suggests, however, that Amazon may release a browser for desktops for the first time....

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9 hours ago, UCyborg said:

Chromium-based?

"Amazon develops browser... "Yay! Yet another Chrom* browser, with guts controlled by Google but twisted to also serve Amazon. How wonderful."

This quote is from the comments section on Slashdot website here: https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22806347

Article (nothing new) here: Is Amazon Building a New AI-Powered Web Browser? (gizmodo.com): https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/03/18/0223249/is-amazon-building-a-new-ai-powered-web-browser

Gizmodo article link: on the first post above...

- so MAYBE Chromium based...

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