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Comment by benced

6 months ago

This API either shouldn’t exist or should be Google only. It would be an absolute disaster if everyone had access to it.

Is it not Google only?

  • It's an API that is available to extension developers. The wrinkle here is that Google bundles a hidden "Hangouts Services" extension in Chrome with permissions for *.google.com (the extension's ID is the "nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome" referenced in the examples).

  • There's been proposals in the thread calling for it to be opened. I also saw one on Twitter calling for it to be opened under the DMA.