• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    -21 year ago

    A bit late… Something new might replace it but this experiment got killed a couple days ago already.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      37
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Google is killing off its proposal for “Web Environment Integrity API” as a new web standard, though Android phones may still have to deal with it.

      That is literally the first sentence of the linked article. I think this is one of the things how it comes back.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        3
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Does Vanced really use WebView for playback (the link the article provides suggests it’s used for sign-in)?

        Aside from forgetting to mention Revanced which is very much alive, I have doubts about the article. It feels like the author realized his headline doesn’t work anymore so came up with something plausible sounding…

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech
          link
          fedilink
          English
          6
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Vanced and Revanced use(d) a fork of MicroG for sign-in. MicroG is a FOSS implementation of Google Play Services and other Google app APIs but with minimum tracking. It uses the website to sign in, which I imagine is rendered with WebView because the app is so small.

          • IggyTheSmidge
            link
            fedilink
            31 year ago

            Yeah, I’m running LineageOS with MicroG, so I tried disabling Android System Webview as a test. ReVanced seems perfectly happy to browse/play videos (though I didn’t try logging out). The only apps I have that fall over without webview seem to be eBay and Amazon, so no great loss there.

            • ChaoticNeutralCzech
              link
              fedilink
              English
              41 year ago

              MicroG can run in background without WebView, only logging in requires the website-based GUI.