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This is a very good article, but misses out a critical fact: Google plans on making the old API available to paid enterprise users, which is the final nail in t
by chaz6 7y ago
This is a very good article, but misses out a critical fact: Google plans on making the old API available to paid enterprise users, which is the final nail in the coffin.
I hope that Qt will add a new Gecko backend for QtWebEngine and move away from Chromium/Blink.
- joshuamorton 7y agoIt has nothing to do with paid. Any enterprise chrome users can use the old settings. And afaik, enterprise chrome is still a free download.
- floatrock 7y agoOne way of looking at this is google admitting there's a need for technology that intercepts and tweaks requests, but that's only an enterprise-grade need (intranets, firewalls, block lists, etc.) Consumers however shouldn't have access to those capabilities. The optimistic, parental, or (according to the article) gaslighting reason is consumers will shoot themselves in the foot by installing a spyware toolbar. The follow-the-money reason is 80% of google's revenue is unaffected by intranets, firewalls, block-lists, etc., but IS affected by the consumer use-cases of this tech.
- Kalium 7y agoWhere do I go to get this paid enterprise Chrome?
- qes 7y agoNo payment necessary. https://cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise/browser/download/ https://cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise/browser/download/