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
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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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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I think we need to start being very realistic here.
Google has ad buying customers who want their ads served, and it's those customers that would probably opt into the SDK and API in the first place. Scope matters.
Next there's a plethora of freeloaders on the Internet who consume mountains of content but who scoff at paying for or contributing to the Internet.
Lastly I'm not seeing anything here that says it will block a site like Lemmy for example.the one thing I do find problematic is this potentially limiting competing browsers
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Fuck Ben Wiser