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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, the same thing that is happening right now, right? The point would be that websites would not be built to only allow trusted clients-- it would still have to allow all clients. If they wanted to remove this 10% thing, it's not like the entire web would instantly stop being built to allow untrusted clients.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the 10% sounds like bait. Once they've got everyone on board and things are running smoothly (for them), it will be muuuch harder to resist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure this is true (keep in mind: weak grasp). This 10% would push websites from specifically blocking untrusted clients-- but if they got rid of the 5%, it would not magically change all the websites to block untrusted clients. They'd still need to update to do this.

I don't want to come off like I'm defending this though-- I really just don't know enough to say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The vast majority of them would not change the default, and a simple mandatory update would change that to 0% without them having to do anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think Google will implement this in the end?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As soon as they are in a position to do it