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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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[–] 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