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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by mjevans on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:25AM (#43306753)
It makes sense why it can't be _removed_... it's required for core OS interaction features such as a known-working login portal framework and probably tons of other 'reuse the rendering engine from the browser to display stuff' portions of the shell and settings pages.

If you wanted to de-google your phone _that_ much it probably requires a custom firmware blob that's shipped with a different browser... if that's even possible / reasonable.

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by figmert on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:25AM (#43307259)
It's not really required. Android comes with a separate webview (that cannot be overridden). Sure it's based on Chromium but that means there should zero reliance on Chrome the product, and those known working login portals can continue working without Chrome.

It's well known that Google requires manufacturers to install their apps and requires it to be uninstallable. This includes Gmail, Google, and others.

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by homebrewer on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:58AM (#43307430)
> that cannot be overridden

I thought I knew better, because the webview implementation can be changed in the system preferences, but (of course) the list of package names that can appear there is hardcoded:

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/androi...

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by malinens on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:08PM (#43311145)
I live with firefox mobile engine for webview without any issue
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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by chupasaurus on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:55PM (#43311766)
GeckoView cannot replace built-in WebView [0].

[0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/GeckoView

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