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[–] 74 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Any website that implements this API is going to immediately lose me as a user. They can go fuck themselves.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    websites that will implement this API:

    • your employer
    • your bank

    websites taht won't implement this API:

    • anything you can choose to quit without significant other consequences to your life
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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I like that sentiment, but how would you even know?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (1 child)
    1. Website requires user to visit using particular browser
    2. User refuses to use said browser
    3. ???
    4. No profit
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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    But if said website is your bank's website then you will also have to go change banks and refinance your mortgage, or give up on internet banking. And there could be lots of implications like that we haven't thought about yet. Wanna buy something using Paypal? You are shit out of luck if they get on the Google DRM train. It's looking bleak, but hopefully it'll be seen as being monopolistic if Google is the only one who chooses to implement it, and are thus seen to be abusing their market power to block websites from working properly on other browsers. If Safari and Edge also decide to implement it then we are all probably all screwed though.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    I'd honestly look for an alternative financial institution that either has an app that implements whatever security they think they need or doesn't implement this DRM bullshit for their website.

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