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oittaa
on Feb 8, 2023
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Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers tha...
You don't even need to "disable" Chrome. Just set Firefox as the default browser. I haven't noticed any Google apps that wouldn't respect the setting.
mfjordvald
on Feb 8, 2023
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Google news app insists on opening in a chrome-based webview without ad blocking. Large part of why I rooted to get adaway.
oittaa
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Interesting, Google News app isn't even available here. I suppose you're from the US where they can do more shady stuff.
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This is called chrome custom tabs, and there are a number of reasons they are better than webview.
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/custom-tabs/
AgentME
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Firefox for Android supports custom tabs and will be used if it's your default browser. The Google News app doesn't use Android custom tabs.
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