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Official confirmation in the WEI public discussion thread: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ux5h_kGO22g/m/Iu5w_dcoAgAJ https://groups.goog

Official confirmation in the WEI public discussion thread: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ux5h_kGO22g/m/Iu5w_dcoAgAJ https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ux5h_...

wkat4242 3y ago
Great. Really dodged a bullet there.
- imiric 3y ago
  Not really. More like the entity pointing the gun has now decocked it. The scary part is that there is a single entity with that kind of power to begin with. It's a testament of the failure of the modern web, and how far it has strayed from the original spirit of the internet.
  - happytiger 3y ago
    This is the point. Let’s celebrate a reduced scope implentation on a more limited number of platforms until we perfect the technology? No. Not really a victory. Just a pause.
  - skydhash 3y ago
    Mostly because most people don’t care about the original spirit of the internet. As long as they can get their job done, consume entertainment, and play status game, they are content. Which is why for most people, their internet is just a handful of tech companies. It’s basically Minitel, but fueled by ads.
    - Pannoniae 3y ago
      what's a "status game"?
      - batch12 3y ago
        I spent way too much time wondering the same thing. Maybe social media?
      - skydhash 3y ago
        Not a native speaker. My definition of status game is jockeying for social position. On the internet, it is trying to get the maximum “points” for your posts (views, likes, retweets,…) instead of sharing for the content itself.
        Izkata 3y ago
        I think that sounds close to "popularity contest".
- phoronixrly 3y ago
  They are still making it easier for developers to create apps that limit what you can do with your own hardware.
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    Yeah I wish they would not have. However, it does eliminate this issue for 90% of my usecases. The apps that will want to do this stuff I probably won't even want to use anyway.

wkat4242 3y ago

Great. Really dodged a bullet there.

imiric 3y ago
Not really. More like the entity pointing the gun has now decocked it. The scary part is that there is a single entity with that kind of power to begin with. It's a testament of the failure of the modern web, and how far it has strayed from the original spirit of the internet.
- happytiger 3y ago
  This is the point. Let’s celebrate a reduced scope implentation on a more limited number of platforms until we perfect the technology? No. Not really a victory. Just a pause.
- skydhash 3y ago
  Mostly because most people don’t care about the original spirit of the internet. As long as they can get their job done, consume entertainment, and play status game, they are content. Which is why for most people, their internet is just a handful of tech companies. It’s basically Minitel, but fueled by ads.
  - Pannoniae 3y ago
    what's a "status game"?
    - batch12 3y ago
      I spent way too much time wondering the same thing. Maybe social media?
    - skydhash 3y ago
      Not a native speaker. My definition of status game is jockeying for social position. On the internet, it is trying to get the maximum “points” for your posts (views, likes, retweets,…) instead of sharing for the content itself.
      - Izkata 3y ago
        I think that sounds close to "popularity contest".
phoronixrly 3y ago
They are still making it easier for developers to create apps that limit what you can do with your own hardware.
- wkat4242 3y ago
  Yeah I wish they would not have. However, it does eliminate this issue for 90% of my usecases. The apps that will want to do this stuff I probably won't even want to use anyway.