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		Havoc on Feb 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is now telling users its apps are out of da... Google scrambling behind the scenes to rip privacy invasive code out of their apps seems like the most likely explanation to me

josefx on Feb 11, 2021 [–]

Others mention they had 8 months time for that. Maybe they just want to give Apple users a worse / less secure experience and hope Apple gives in.

FridgeSeal on Feb 11, 2021 | [–]

Given how google web properties have behaved towards non-chrome browser-headers in the past, that would be absolutely in the realms of plausibility.

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