'Google Sync' can't be used in Chromium browsers other than Chrome

It is expected that Google will block access to Google-specific APIs from other Chromium-based browsers other than Chrome. This makes it impossible to sync Google's bookmarks or settings.

In a corporate blog, Google's Chrome Engineering Director Josh Eisinger said, "I found that some third-party Google Chromium-based browsers incorporate Google's features, such as Google Sync and Click to Call. But this feature is Google's proprietary Chrome API. From March 15th, we will block access to the API from these browsers."

Ijing specifically mentioned only two APIs, but if you follow the link mentioned in this article, you can see a list of 20 APIs. These included things like Google Translate and Safe Browsing, the latter being a feature that alerts users to potentially dangerous websites. It is possible that some or all of these APIs will be blocked in mid-March. "Many of the Google APIs used by Chromium is exclusive to Google Chrome, not for other Chromium-based products," said Aizid.

Ijing did not specify exactly which APIs were outside the scope of Chromium-based non-Google browsers, or which browsers inappropriately incorporated Google services. Besides Edge, various browsers based on Chromium are currently being developed. Brave, Opera, Epic, Vivaldi, etc.

However, it is likely not the edge. Edge is a browser developed and updated by Microsoft for over a year, and has the highest share of browsers except for Chrome. Microsoft publicly announced that it has removed the Google service from Chromium and replaced it with a service developed by Microsoft. Even if there is no necessary service, there is plenty of room for self-development rather than small and medium browser developers.

Looking at the current browser market, Google Chrome is virtually dominating beyond monopoly. It is not yet clear what triggered Google to block API access from these small and medium-sized competing browsers. After Google made Chromium open source, anyone could create a browser based on Chromium, but it seems that it was judged to be over the line that it even intercepted Google's own service.