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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

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[–] calavera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can you actually stop using chrome on android? Because every link I click it opens in their webview app which is chrome

[–] flamingarms@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dunno if this is what you mean, but you can definitely set another browser as default. Any context menus will change too: "Open with Firefox", or w/e you're using.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, I'm not talking about default browser but the WebView app. For example I'm using Voyager for Lemmy, and if I click on this post's link it will open the website in the WebView, then I can click to Open with firefox.

But WebView itself is still chrome as you can see

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

You must be on stock android. I think you can still swap out the webview component but I forgot how

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can customize Voyager to open links in default browser not in-app: Settings -> General -> Open Links in

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird, I can't see this option

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's only available if you are using the native app. The PWA doesn't have that option due to web limitations unfortunately.

[–] flamingarms@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh I see. Yeah, I think Sync uses Chrome too. Sync has an option to always open links in external web browser, so that's how I got around that.

[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I've been using Firefox for a couple months now, no issues.

[–] dirtbiker509@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah there is a setting and now when I click links it opens in Firefox. But if you use the Google search widget it still opens in chrome, which is to be expected I guess.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That's not only a problem for google search, most apps uses webview to handle web links. They can do like Voyager and have a option to open the default browser instead, but most of them don't bother with that.