It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.com/lcasdev/status/1810696257137959018), …
Nah. I support Vivaldi. They are not funded by Google like your precious Firefox is and they are very open about using chromium but doing everything they can to clean it up so it doesn’t align with Google’s tyranny.
I don’t think it’s fair to lump them in with other chromium browsers. Let me know if you have specific issues with Vivaldi beyond just general Google is bad sentiment.
In the comments its not just chrome that is affected.
Its apparently all Chromium browsers.
including Vanadium?
This comes from
hangout_services/thunk.js
I searched for
hangout
in the vanadium repo, no result, so it’s not patched there either: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/VanadiumKind of. Vivaldi let’s you turn it off though. Privacy, disable meet extension.
Fuck Chromium. Don’t let Google single handedly control how the Internet works. Don’t support Chromium browsers.
Nah. I support Vivaldi. They are not funded by Google like your precious Firefox is and they are very open about using chromium but doing everything they can to clean it up so it doesn’t align with Google’s tyranny. I don’t think it’s fair to lump them in with other chromium browsers. Let me know if you have specific issues with Vivaldi beyond just general Google is bad sentiment.