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...

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/5707453

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.

Many said we couldn’t stop it. We, like many, applied pressure, and they backed the fuck off.

We have no room for complacency now though. Google cannot be allowed to dictate web standards. Firefox needs to eat into that Chromium market share. Never forgive. Never forget.

    • ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
      51·
      11 months ago

      That’s because this is at least their second attempt.

      They are giving up on this because of bad publicity.

      They’ll just rename it, rebrand it and try again.

      • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlOPM
        22·
        11 months ago

        But we’ll be ready for it, and we’ll keep driving against it. Even after this, Chromium is something people just need to move away from. They’ve motivated us, and I believe we can make dints, and will.

        • ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
          15·
          11 months ago

          What worries me is that usually people tire of the fight and then the corporation wins.

          Fighting this fight everywhere is exhausting.

          • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
            10·
            11 months ago

            What worries me is that usually people tire of the fight and then the corporation wins.

            Exactly. Big Tech grinds everybody down into accepting the new dystopian normal they want.

          • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Everything in this world seems to be like that. To make our lives moderately better we have to constantly tell, scream, and fight to get just a sliver. But if we give up at all just for a breather they’ll push all the terrible crap on us

        • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          Even ignoring the WEI debacle, Firefox supports nested vertical tabs via Tree Style Tab or Sidebery, and chrome doesn’t.

      • takeda@lemmy.world
        111·
        11 months ago

        This is why everyone who cares about freedom should use Firefox or other gecko based browser. They wouldn’t push this if they didn’t have control of the vast malory of the browser market.

        They are like Microsoft 20 years ago with Internet Explorer. In fact looks like they are working together this time to kill Firefox.