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I miss the flash player and unity player plugins too. Remember how powerful activex was?

• robocat 2y ago
  The main issue with powerful tools is that they get used against you by threat actors. Our society sets limits based on the most selfish. Our computers get limitations based on the most effective threat.
  • dumbo-octopus 2y ago
    The only “problem” with the clipboard API is shitty applications blindly trusting client data.
    • layer8 2y ago
      Perl did something right with its taint mode: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode
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• talldayo 2y ago
  The only thing wrong with all three things you mentioned is that they're proprietary. Google is not holding the web hostage with W3C standards.