Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM - eviltoast
Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

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.

  • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    Please, people, stop using Chromium-based browsers and handing Google a near-monopoly. Firefox is awesome and has even more privacy-oriented derivates.

    • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
      210·
      1 year ago

      Bope. I’ll continue using Brave, as it’s the best browser out there for my use case. Thank you for you concern. Firefox plainly sucks, thanks to Mozilla, and I tell this after having been a FF user, supporter and advocate for almost 20 years.

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        What sucks so much in FF?

        Yes, performance used to be spotty but this is no longer the case.

        • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          UI/UX/Performance/Mobile app/Slow on Linux/Mozilla (the latter is the worst)

          I’m not open to further debate. You asked, I replied. I preferred to migrate to a different browser and never look back, thanks to Mozilla.

            • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
              14·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, sure /s.

              Fuck Mozilla, really. I wouldn’t go back to FF even if it was the last browser on earth, as long as it gives oxygen to Mozilla. I’d like Moz Corp. to disappear.

              • gentooer@programming.devEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                If Mozilla were to disappear, Chromium web engine would have a true monopoly. Seeing how bad things are getting with their almost monopoly, I’d like to help avoid that.

                • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  I do understand this feeling. It’s how I felt when I first left Firefox for Chrome. I would check in every few years for about 10-15 years and see if I was still better off on Chrome, and I was. But then one time, it just wasn’t the case any more. I switched back to Firefox and now Chrome feels shitty, slow, and bloated to me.

          • gentooer@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I’ve been using FF (and Thunderbird) for about 5 years now on my dual core old laptop running Gentoo, and it’s always run pretty smooth. Especially when they switched to the Quantum web engine.

              • gentooer@programming.devEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I’m not arguing that people are switching to Firefox. I’m only saying that your argument about FF on Linux is just plain wrong.

                I also prefer the UI/UX of FF over Chromium based browsers, but that’s very subjective of course.