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Nils@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 years ago

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

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Nils@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 years ago
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It's just a "proposal," but it's also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.
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    I have hope that the FTC will antitrust those cunts. At least I hope so. I’m not gonna hold my breath though.

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      Microsoft put Netscape and Stac out of business and got away scot-free, so yeah, not holding my breath either.

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        Good news there huge backlash to this so hopefully its stopped.

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          There isn’t much backlash at all. You just live in a Lemmy and github echo chamber.

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            Its not been pushed hard yet.

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          It might still happen. Apple’s equivalent feature already rolled out in Safari.

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