Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

>>jakobd+(OP)
The proposal author (who locked the issue[0] on Github) also commented on HN and has, so far, remained silent here too: >>36825097

[0] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

>>EvanAn+in
They have also violated an important Code of Conduct [1], to the point of even aggressively closing valid complaints [2]. The Googlers RupertBenWiser [3] and yoavweiss [4] are really just toeing the Google line. What's super gross is even yoavweiss tried to play pretend that the original issue they forced closed, without comments or reading, was "spam" [5]. I believe both of these users are acting in very-bad-faith, and not correctly observing any ethical codes of conduct in Engineering.

It's super telling they know by how they are acting, by locking down the GitHub repo.

It's very depressing how far both Google and Googlers have fallen. What was once a home to innovation, growth, and technical creation is now just ads, abusing their market position to give Chrome an insane advantage during the later years of the browser wars, and more of the same.

It's probably time to bring anti-trust action against Google. Also if you're not already, please move to Firefox and stop using Chrome. Mozilla stands against this and these engineers pushing it [6].

[1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

[2] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

[3] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser

[4] https://github.com/yoavweiss

[5] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

[6] https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852#is...

>>urda+mX
I wish it didn't take bad faith efforts to enforce anti-trust laws, if we even get there with Google.

Im not a fan of big government and regulation, but if we're going to have anti-trust laws on the books they should be enforced evenly. It's so crazy to me that Bill Gates got raked through the coals for years over IE while Google and Apple have been allowed to get away with much, much worse.

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