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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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