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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM(9to5google.com)

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

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flamingarms@feddit.uk
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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.

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Calavera@lemm.ee
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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

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flamingarms@feddit.uk
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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.

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Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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It’s even crazier than that. On some versions of Android there is no webview, only chrome! I think that was around Android 8 or so they dropped webview then re-added webview in the next version

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

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aeharding@lemmy.world
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You can customize Voyager to open links in default browser not in-app: Settings -> General -> Open Links in

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CeeBee@lemmy.world
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I’ve been using Firefox for a couple months now, no issues.

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dirtbiker509@lemm.ee
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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.

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Calavera@lemm.ee
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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.

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