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Chrome Origin Trials (https://developers.chrome.com/origintrials/#/trials/active https://developers.chrome.com/origintrials/#/trials/active) has some of the sce
by etaioinshrdlu 6y ago
Chrome Origin Trials (https://developers.chrome.com/origintrials/#/trials/active https://developers.chrome.com/origintrials/#/trials/active) has some of the scent of a closed ecosystem -- Google gets to decide who can use certain browser features (if only for limited numbers of users, right now)
If the idea were extended to production features, that's basically a walled-garden model for the web.
- jefftk 6y agoIf there's an experimental feature you want to test out on your site, you should be able to register for the origin trial. I don't think it's something where Google decides who can register? Origin trials are a reaction to the failure of shipping new features under prefixes, where those experimental features fossilized. By restricting origin trials only to sites that explicitly opt in and making those registrations time limited it's possible to get feedback on whether an experimental feature works without sites becoming dependent on it. (Disclosure: I work for Google on unrelated things; speaking only for myself)
- etaioinshrdlu 6y agoWell, it does require a Google account to register for origin trials. Google could conceivably block access for a domain to use origin trials, if they wanted. It may be fully open right now, but perhaps not in the future. These are hypothetical scenarios but very possible.
- untog 6y agoThat’s a pretty big “if”. I could apply the same logic to anyone that releases a closed beta of their software. “If they were to release the production version to a closed audience...”