Absolutely unethical and against the open web #134

itsjoshuagraves · 2023-07-21T15:24:37Z

I won’t break new ground here but it is impossible to see how this isn’t DRM for browsers that forces more ads and tracking on people. There is no benefit to website visitors and users, only to advertisers.

The ethics underlying this are, at best, highly suspect. The framing is entirely disingenuous.

rubyFeedback · 2023-07-21T15:46:59Z

Agreed. Google has to respond with a "no-nonsense" statement about trying to take away user's freedom here.

This is not looking good. We are now miles away from a free world wide web.

(Actually W3C already pushed the envelope some years ago when Tim claimed that DRM is necessary, and now Google wings it further by forcing it onto the users rendering them without control. That is making the browser itself a weapon for forcing unwanted content onto the user. It's now like a virus.)

This CL moves the base::Feature from content_features.h to a generated feature from runtime_enabled_features.json5. This means that the base::Feature can be default-enabled while the web API is controlled by the RuntimeFeature, which will still be default-disabled. An origin trial can enable the RuntimeFeature, which will allow full access to the API, provided the base::Feature is also enabled (see change to origin_trial_context.cc). Meanwhile, the base::Feature can be disabled through Finch as a kill-switch for the whole feature, and prevent origin trials from turning the feature on. Tests have been added to WebView test, as it allowed for easy spoofing of responses on a known origin. Bug: 1439945 Change-Id: Ifa0f5d4f5e0a0bf882dd1b0207698dddd6f71420 Fixed: b/278701736 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4681552 Reviewed-by: Rayan Kanso <[email protected]> Commit-Queue: Peter Pakkenberg <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Gozman <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Richard Coles <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kinuko Yasuda <[email protected]> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1173344}

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Absolutely unethical and against the open web #134

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Absolutely unethical and against the open web #134

Absolutely unethical and against the open web #134

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