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

submitted 1 year ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Redemption implies there was a character to redeem.

It's a business, and it's business is intricately locked into goals that match what Web Integrity API stood for. It may be gone now but everyone needs to watch twice as hard. They'll just try to ease people into the idea more carefully.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people make decisions, not businesses

[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The number of people involved in the decisions of companies: many of which do not have any actual reason to care about the livelihood, reputation, or ethics of said company...should make it fairly clear that you cannot assume or perceive a company in the same way you do a person.

Most of that's just lobbying PR anyway to give companies more leverage against...well...people