(05-30-2019, 09:02 AM)papadoc Wrote: Can't believe Google is actually following through on this after the initial backlash. Man, I hope this blows up in their face. It'd be good to see their market share cut in half, and them trying to backpedal on this decision in full damage control mode.
The bit of good news is that apparently the webRequest API won't be gutted from the browser entirely, since the recent articles all mention that the API will still be available to enterprise users. Presumably, this means Google is only really self sabotaging Google Chrome, not Chromium. If they can enable the capability, other Chromium forks should be able to as well.
You got it backwards. They are deprecating the webRequest API form Chromium source code itself. In Chrome Enterprise version they will inject the full API itself. But every other vendor who uses chromium to build their browser will have to use the decimated V3 API. Only Microsoft has the money & manpower to fork the Chromium project & keep the weRequest API intact but I do not think they will do that. Brave is saying that they will keep V2 intact but time will tell. Only browser right now is Firefox if you want to stay safe from ads.