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I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake.

Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.

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[–] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago

Just like Trickle Down, “Don’t be evil” has aged well and deserves to be repackaged. /s

[–] LakesLem@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm a bit less worried after reading this comment, which explains things like how they DON'T want it to be "DRM for the web" and the proposed measures to prevent it. https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/28#issuecomment-1651129388

[–] tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

WEI code is already being merged while Google is trying the "finding a suitable forum" tactics. If it's truely for open web's benefit, why the rush?

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