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Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMHO we have several really big problems with the web as it is today, which are intertwined:

  1. The web (standards) is by far too complicated. If even Microsoft doesn't have (or isn't willing) to provide the resources to implement a browser, there are not many players left with the resources and the motivation

  2. Google Chrome and Safari are the only game in town. (My main browser is Firefox, but seriously, we have such a small market share that nobody gives a damn)

  3. Most people/governments/companies don't care or don't understand the problem of the mono culture for browsers

  4. The value of the web is everything which is already on the web and that one can access anything with the browser - for this reason, we can only grow in the direction of more complicated while keeping backwards compatibility

  5. Besides lip-service to the contrary, our politicians want to control communication and supervise their citizens, so for politicians it is better to have a browser controlled by a company like Google, than a really free web

Given how fundamental important the web is for modern human basic infrastructure, we (as a society) should find a better way to protect our infrastructure, freedom of speech and basic freedoms.

[–] EmperorHenry 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Besides lip-service to the contrary, our politicians want to control communication and supervise their citizens, so for politicians it is better to have a browser controlled by a company like Google, than a really free web

I got downvoted to hell for being against a centralized authority in other threads. Good to see I'm not the only "paranoid and crazy" one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I guess it comes with age and experiencing first hand how decisions are made by people in power/charge - and how the decisions are 'sold'. Really scare is IMHO experienced people which still believe the stories.

For the uninitiated, people in power in my experience think about the following in that order:

  • Does it challenge my power?
  • Is it good for my enemies?
  • What is in it for me?
  • How do I sell my personal gain/advantage to the public to make me look good.

Just look at Google in this game:

  • protect advertisement business
  • push competition further out of the field

Communicate as 'improving security for users'.