Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse
by gruez on Sunday April 07, 2019 @02:01PM
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I'm all against tracking, but the whole post was framed as "epic launcher is doing [scary techno-sounding stuff]", when really it's "epic game launcher is using a webview".
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Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse
by ohithereyou on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:21PM
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There's no need for them to use a webview - launching a game, purchasing a game, and installing a game do not inherently need a webview. See the last thirty years of gaming history for examples that show this.
Yes, it's a webview. Yes, it's also making requests that are not transparent to the user. Yes, it's a bad thing and it is an issue no matter how many times apologists try to downplay it.
Re:It's VHS vs. Beta all over again, but worse
by gruez on Sunday April 07, 2019 @04:56PM
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>There's no need for them to use a webview
alll the major ones use some sort of a webview. uplay and origin are essentially electron apps (js + chromium wrapper). steam uses a webview for its community/store page.