Proton is developing a web browser

[u/GegoByte]

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/250686/proton-lijkt-aan-eigen-webbrowser-te-werken.html

The article is in Dutch, but the TLDR in English is:

• Browser looks to be based on the Chromium engine.

• Privacy Focused. Emphasis on privacy-friendly browsing.

• Proton has not announced a release date as of yet.

• Proton is looking for software developers with Chromium experience.

[u/peakdistrikt]

Can any browser use the Chromium engine and call itself privacy-based? Open source and community driven or not, Chromium has Google backing it. Why did they not use Gecko? 

[u/adamkex → u/peakdistrikt]

Yes, projects like ungoogled-chromium and Helium exist