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Web Bluetooth and Web USB, along with other useless things like Web Battery that Google loves don't make the web more powerful. It only serves to make the web m
by gkbrk 6y ago
Web Bluetooth and Web USB, along with other useless things like Web Battery that Google loves don't make the web more powerful. It only serves to make the web more bloated and user hostile. And making new browsers that much harder to implement while taking the time of existing competitors.
As a user I have never needed or wanted web bluetooth or web usb, and I have never seen a person in real life that uses these either. For all I know, it's just mythical users mentioned in HN comments that want those.
- pjmlp 6y agoThe Web is gone, ChromeOS it is.
- sircastor 6y agoI want them. I’ve wanted to build out hardware interactive controls, and use them in a web app. Building a web app is an easy and universal platform.
- bleachedsleet 6y agoI have a Ledger Nano X I use for storing an ADA wallet on. It interfaces over webUSB with most ADA wallet managers. I also have a Pax Era Pro vape pen that can only interface over web Bluetooth because Apple banned their native app. These two uses alone require I always have at least one Chromium browser installed. Niche, yes, but I also know I’m not alone here in finding uses for these APIs.