On 2021-01-27 08:45:53 (-0300), Giancarlo Razzolini wrote:
If google drops the api key, yes. They said we can continue using them, but we don't know for how long, and they also mentioned reviewing quotas, which would render them unusable.
We don't have any specifics, so we will have to wait until we know more.
If so, that would of course be bad (from the reactions so far, users seem mostly fine without the Google sync functionality). However, we need to test this carefully with e.g. packages in [testing] instead of prematurely deleting everything.
Again, it's not just sync functionality. Login won't work anymore, and with it, a bunch of other stuff. I have sent the full list on arch-general.
The login functionality is only relevant for in-browser login, right? As long as users can still use chromium to safely browse the internet, I'm not too concerned about that.
If safe-browsing is not affected, under what circumstances are we allowed to use and distribute a browser with it? The Google Chrome team can and needs to answer these questions.
We are allowed to continue using the api key, until they fell like we aren't anymore. Which is why we should probably ditch chromium altogether.
How is this situation different from all these years up until now though? If safe-browsing indeed stops working, without any viable replacement option, then we can still consider dropping chromium. Best, David -- https://sleepmap.de