Will Your Distro Drop Chromium?

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Google has announced it will be dropping Chrome APIs from Chromium to weaken function. Is this good or bad, and will it change Chromium support?
#Chrome #Chromium #Linux

https://blog.chromium.org/2021/01/limiting-private-api-availability-in.html
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/chromium-sync-google-api-removed
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/distros-consider-removing-chromium-after-google-revokes-private-api-access-to-features/167941

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