I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

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[–] Mindlight@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately this is coming and a majority of people are going to happily step on to the train.

Think of it like this: 99% of all apps could have been just web apps in a mobile browser (Hell, a majority essentially are just a wrapped web app) but because of companies offering more/better functionality people choose to use the app.

All that needs to happen is sites starting require DRM functionality for "security reasons" so that the end user can enjoy more features.

A majority of end users don't understand the implications when making choices like these.

[–] grafcube@fosstodon.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Mindlight but it hasn't happened yet. Getting everyone to switch away from Chrome isn't going to help anyone and that's why there needs to be legal action.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It will because websites will not drop support for 20% of users, they might if it is 3%. This is how product owners make decisions on browser support.

[–] jungekatz@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago

I think its bit late for awareness campaigns now , google will eventually bring the web integrity api , I am very scared about if we will even be able to use new OSes , but i guess a new web with less dependancy may develop !