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Google is prototyping a DRM system for websites in Chromium (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the API is called Web Environment Integrity, and it’s a way to kill ad blockers first and a Google ecosystem lock-in mechanism second, with no other practical use case I can find

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google meet is the only product on the web I’ve seen in the last 5 years that still says “these features don’t work in your browser”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gecko and WebKit are open-source. If google cared about the web they’d contribute to the other engines as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see you have also been forced to use google tech and consume google’s awful developer docs and deal with their laughable UIs (how does anyone use google analytics for any purpose?) because the only thing corporations are comfortable with is garbage as far as the eye can see

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a firm believer that GTM is one of the worst things to happen to the web

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

it’s a terrible day when you realize the stack for a new project was chosen based only on google’s unearned reputation for making good software