Chromium is open source and was developed by google...
decent read here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)
No thank you.
There are two VERY EVIL entities on the tech scene today, Goog and FB.
Many have no clue how treacherous these entities are but the ranks of the aware are growing and seeking clean, trustworthy alternatives which are now organizing, starting up, imbued with wisdom to know what and what not to do to avoid falling afoul of the consumer.
Historical backlashes such as these take years to emerge but already there is a worldwide sizable contingent of emerging awareness and disgust, a growing contingent that will never trust these entities in their current form ever again.
Given the Trump era and its transformation of nations to a new standard of transparency, it is a good bet that these evil tech entities decline and/or are taken over, sold to others willing to change names and operating environments, all to make amends with those that were made wise to their violations of human rights and manipulation of facts and priorities.
The future will be quite different from what anyone can imagine. But one thing is for sure, the dark funding system that gave rise to these overnight tect Billionaire puppets will be set aside and so these tech fronts will decline with certainty. They will be in part liquidated, bought out, sold off, transformed technologically in a new historical era of decentralization that includes taking down their corrupt funding mechanisms.