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This isn't a particularly noteworthy project -- I know a few people who made the same thing to try out the IE webview.

I'd be more impressed if the webview was introduced by not using a OS component.

Yeah, at this point I view “install closed source software from a not-well-known source” as a very high risk choice. I was thinking of adding this to my set of tertiary browsers, until I couldn’t find the license/source. I wish them well but closed source is a no-go for me.

They're like one of those disgraceful doctors on Facebook that will only rid a child of cancer if they reach 100k likes.

There's a new term for this type of software distribution. Sponsorware. Wherein, the maintainer only open sources the project if they get enough people to pay them a monthly sponsor fee.

Yeah, that seems like a chicken-and-egg problem to me as well.

Open source it, or else it is just a marketing stunt.