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>>topshe+(OP)
As someone who is a somewhat new to web technologies, can someone really explain why this is bad? I saw the techical discussions in the PRs made to the WEI repo but it was all super technical that I was not able to understand the arguments made for and against it.

>>anshum+Qc
Like any technology, there are both positive and negative aspects of it. The positive take would probably be that this technology is already widely used by iOS and Android apps. People use Apple's AppAttest to e.g. ensure that high scores submitted for a game are from a legitimate copy of the game and not just someone calling the SubmitHighScore API.

But it's absolutely fair to argue that the web operates on a different set of expectations than the Play Store/App Store, and I think the concerns that this will create a second-class citizen status for browsers are totally valid. There's a huge difference in character between "in order to prevent piracy and ensure ad revenue we are only releasing our app on the Play Store" and "we are only releasing our web app for Chrome".