** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Title:
Allow user *not* to download Widevine
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
As all software in about:components, Widevine is automatically
downloaded (and updated) by the browser, being installed locally to
the Chromium snap under
$HOME/snap/chromium/common/chromium/WidevineCdm.
Due to the nature of Widevine, namely non-free software to access DRM-
gated media, users should be able not to have it installed and thus
possibly arbitrarily loaded, especially if they do not actually ever
access such media.
A --disable-component-update flag exists, but it disables all
components. Given that some of them are really useful, for example
'safety tips', that presents dissuasive warnings when trying to access
pages with malware[2], it is not a great solution.
A viable solution is to implement a flag to disable just Widevine.
[2] https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/
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