s08nlql9@lemm.ee to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy Chrome only?i.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down110
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minus-squareIceFoxX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoChrome on Android = system App Why Chrome = more Tracking Tracking Tracking Its all about Tracking
minus-squaremj_marathon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoChrome is not a system app on android.
minus-squareIceFoxX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoWebview is a system app + Chrome itself. You need root otherwise you can just remove Updates and deactivating To more or less avoid the problems mentioned here you can replace webview with Mulch and Mulch Browser (chromiun based) but requires root
minus-squareewenak@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIsn’t Mulch not maintained anymore, as it was maintained by DivestOS, which has shutdown?
minus-squareIceFoxX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agohttps://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Alt-Repo/open_webview?tab=readme-ov-file Updated 3 month ago. Anyway its not the only aviable solution
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoMaybe not, but it is a default app, and the vast majority of people can’t be bothered to install something better.
Chrome on Android = system App
Why Chrome = more Tracking Tracking Tracking
Its all about Tracking
Chrome is not a system app on android.
Webview is a system app + Chrome itself. You need root otherwise you can just remove Updates and deactivating
To more or less avoid the problems mentioned here you can replace webview with Mulch and Mulch Browser (chromiun based) but requires root
Isn’t Mulch not maintained anymore, as it was maintained by DivestOS, which has shutdown?
https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Alt-Repo/open_webview?tab=readme-ov-file Updated 3 month ago. Anyway its not the only aviable solution
Maybe not, but it is a default app, and the vast majority of people can’t be bothered to install something better.