Chrome 94 has officially dropped. As is always the case with a new browser version, there’s plenty to be excited about. However, there are also some items to be skeptical about, including a feature Mozilla claims enables surveillance on you.
Google pushes to get web apps to be able to get parity with native apps (auto-away in XMPP clients circa 15 years ago?). This will inevitably lead to more security and privacy issues. Google has to do it though as they work they way to get Microsoft down to a role of web browser host where Google owns the web - you don’t need native app any more if you can just use stuff in your browser the same way. So expect more stuff like this…
Google pushes to get web apps to be able to get parity with native apps (auto-away in XMPP clients circa 15 years ago?). This will inevitably lead to more security and privacy issues. Google has to do it though as they work they way to get Microsoft down to a role of web browser host where Google owns the web - you don’t need native app any more if you can just use stuff in your browser the same way. So expect more stuff like this…