



Security they say, noting that inclusion of these “exclusive APIs” in open source builds “…meant that a small fraction of users could sign into their Google Account and store their personal Chrome sync data, such as bookmarks, not just with Google Chrome, but also with some third-party Chromium based browsers.” Why is Google yanking support for these features from Chromium, which serves as the open-source foundation of Google Chrome? Google is cutting off access to a number of private APIs used in Chromium builds from March 15, 2021.Īmong the APIs nixed are those supporting the browser’s account syncing services, translation, and spell checking. Users of the Chromium web browser are about to lose access to several key features, including bookmark and password sync.
