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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 self@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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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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[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why every full-stack engineer who celebrates the chromium browser dominance because they don’t have to worry about css and js browser compatibility should be slapped. The I/O conference is the biggest ad disguised as a “we care about the web” community event of them all.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 1 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”

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 1 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.

[–] self@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago

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