Comment by danShumway

Is there a reason why Google can't get its users to install the extension and approve the permission for that API?

I would theorize the reason Google doesn't go through that process is that it's unrealistic to expect users en mass to do that, and the only way to get wide rollout would be to build it into a browser by default and then for good measure to hide the fact that it's installed -- something which, notably, Zoom can't do.

But I mean, if it's no big deal to get users to install an extension, then Google can stop bundling it by default and instead ask users to install it, right?