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wait until they finally feel it is okay to revisit implementing the webdrm proposal from two years ago, that would make adblockers and such irrelevant because the browser would check each webpage for “integrity” and if something changed the webpage’s prescribed layout it would be systemically blocked “for safety”.
The feedback to this proposal was harsh so they dropped it. Jk they just did it in a smaller way, applying it to android webview instead of chrome as a whole. this is a classic Google move; now they get telemetry on the webdrm for the eventual wider rollout, they’ve opened the concept up to the masses, and they can roll it out in small chunks so eventually one day we will be like oh shit, the browser that 70% of the world uses requires a cryptographic token verification for webpages to load to make sure I see the ads.
Ending sideloading is potentially a step towards this actually as it makes it more difficult to run any software that would bypass drm and makes webdrm systems stronger. They’re focusing on android because long term phone/tablets have been outpacing computers for internet browsing for years now. Computers are more difficult to manage and ultimately a dying market.
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