While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it’s not entirely cancelled… They’re planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

Seems like such a niche “security” feature… what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

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      A win is when we have forced them to abandon the wretched plan. Them taking it elsewhere with a different name, only to be brought back in the future isn’t a win - it’s more or less the folly the Trojans committed with the Greek wooden horse.

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          I don’t trust Google’s word that they will keep it that way. Besides, would you have accepted this proposal if WEI wasn’t proposed first? It’s a form of manipulation.

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            Sites inside webviews can already communicate with the app running them, I don’t see how this proposal in this form causes any additional problems

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              The same can be said about WEI on browsers. Just wait till it becomes a problem - only problem is that you won’t be able to escape it at that point.

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                Except websites can’t just communicate directly with the OS like they can in webviews

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        We have won the battle, but the war is not over. If one is tired, he or she could employ escapism. But don’t blame or poke those, who don’t do that.