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Most of this thread seems to be people upset that this exists. Do people not realize can control javascript permissions?

• fenwick67 8y ago
  They're rightly concerned that it will be used like notification permissions: just one more thing you need to cancel when you use a site. Yes you need to consent, but even being asked is audacious.
  • Ajedi32 8y ago
    Notification permissions are widely (mis)used because many sites already have a legitimate use-case for that permission; keeping users updated on new articles posted on the site. It's not at all clear that a similar widely applicable use-case exists for Bluetooth.
    • Outpox 8y ago
      This is just plain boring to be honest, I don't want to be notified when a new article is released, I'd rather manually check a RSS app when I want to read such news instead of receiving a notification while I'm working. To each its own I guess.
• krapp 8y ago
  People are upset that javascript exists as well
• stephenr 8y ago
  It's another google invented 'extension' to the web, built for one purpose: to validate their assumption that a Chromebook is a viable computing platform. "The web has all these limitations, how can a device run only web apps" "Oh well we're google, we'll just shoe-horn whatever shit we need into web specs and force them through." When this came up for discussion a year or two ago, it was highlighted that they acknowledged the potential for harm, and gave zero solutions to resolve that issue. Edit: its an almost comically similar story with their other attempt, "web usb"