Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM

K, I'm still not using Google search engine anymore. And once I find a replacement for any other Google services and devices I have, it's out with those as well.

They're just starting it smaller scale. Within a year it'll be pushed out to everyone broadly.

I'd like to believe that enough of us actually stopped using chrome and switched to Firefox the day they made that announcement that swayed them... But in reality I'm sure it was just the bad press and they're going to try to find a different more sneaky way to do the same shit.

Not proceeding for now.

'Heard your feedback' is becoming the death flag of future fuckery these last few years

Bet they'll just rename it later, like what they did with FLoC to Ad Topics.

That usually means they will have something worse at a later time.

They had some of those changes already checked into their code base. It'll be interesting to see how much of that code comes back out.

...yet.

The Advert People are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.

This is your wake up to stop using Chrome and Chromium based browsers (e.g. Brave, Vivaldi, etc). Switch to Firefox if you haven't already.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Disgusting piece of craps! All should continue to open eyes, against google. They wont stop!

Spread the word to install firefox based browser, use different frontends to block youtube ads in browser, Invidious and use piped youtube apps on android to block youtbe ads: Newpipe

This should never be left up to Chrome. We need antitrust laws.

We'll see how this shakes out in a year.

Eternal vigilance is the price for a free web.

the web has been getting so shitty lately i've actually gotten into drawing and reading and vinyl and film, which i highly recommend as a backup plan; just the idea of this feels like the atomic bomb for the internet

Moving it to WebView just makes it a Trojan horse for the rest of the web.

The "don't be evil" motto was replaced with "don't be evil, but greedy and posessive is okay"

nothing to see here :)

"We've decided not to pursue Web Integrity API."

"Oh great! But what's that giant thing under the tarp behind you"

"Oh don't worry..."

Floc returned as something else, we will see this come back I am certain

Google: The Evil Empire

One small victory to fend off the cancer that is current year google.

You did it everyone! Good job!

While this "battle" may be won for now, I've no doubt Google will simply try to implement this in a different way with less backlash.

Good! Now we just need to degoogle everything else on the internet.

Ah, let me guess, now Google's gonna get everyone and their sister to move all their content to apps...

Rriiiiiiiigghhhhtt.

I'll just be standing over here, watching them not do that.

Web Integrity API proposal is what happens when Big Tech takes over the internet.

I absolutely do not trust Chrome or the google team. It does not make me feel any better the only barrier to them trying to ruin a internet a bit is some backlash.

I have not followed this stuff very closely. Here's a question. This article says:

People took issue with how the Web Integrity API would bring DRM to the open web.

Has there not been DRM on the web for many years by now for videos?

The Media Integrity API is something that streaming video services want and applies only to Android apps that are built on web technologies. This has nothing to do with conventional web experiences or even the Chrome browser on Android: it's effectively a solution for when media is served on webpages that are embedded inside an Android app.

Typically an Android app will use native libraries like ExoPlayer to request and serve DRM content, for instance a video from a paid streaming service to ensure that the viewer is permitted to watch it. Chrome is built on top of open video codecs and doesn't inherently support DRM in this manner (as far as I'm aware), so if an app developer wants to use web technologies by leveraging a WebView, they are restricted to which codecs and DRM is available.

It's my understanding that this new library offers a solution to such developers. As a reminder, this doesn't apply to the web at large.

From my perspective, this is no different than DRM offerings that are supported natively in all operating systems, including Android, iOS, Mac and Windows.

I am not asking for much. Just break up Google and throw both the big shareholders as well as the executives in jail for the rest of their lifes. If you go as far and decide to take all their money and spend it on social services, healthcare and education for the general public, I wouldn't be mad.

Google isn't proceeding. Maybe now they'll realize YouTube is also suffering from their poor decisions.

Unpopular opinion here: I kind of hoped they'd go through with it, as that would completely kill Chrome and Chromium and would lead to a repeat of IE vs Firefox, except Chrome would be the new IE. The fact that they backtracked means that they too saw that people would be massively flocking to Firefox.

thank FUCK

Victory!

One set of standards for the internet systems, and multiple measurements and methods I say, hardly makes sense to split the whole web to pieces over advertising money, especially when access to knowledge, strength, capability to invent and discover of all sorts is now at such an all time high.

We've yet to build anything on the moon or create livable spaces in outer space

Ha, suck on that!

Personally, I can’t imagine what is on YouTub that’s worth watching. I don’t know.

I wish they did, so chrome could loose some market share

I’m sure that’s true,

How can you be sure? Are you in their team and are aware of all the talks?