Google Tries to Defend Its Web Environment Integrity as Critics Slam It as Dangerous
techreport.com
Google has defended its Web Environment Integrity on the grounds that it aims to make web browsing more private and safe through tokens.

I’m happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it’s a lot at stake.

Google basically says “Trust us”. What a joke.

  • @Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I think we need to start being very realistic here.

    Google has ad buying customers who want their ads served, and it’s those customers that would probably opt into the SDK and API in the first place. Scope matters.

    Next there’s a plethora of freeloaders on the Internet who consume mountains of content but who scoff at paying for or contributing to the Internet.

    Lastly I’m not seeing anything here that says it will block a site like Lemmy for example.the one thing I do find problematic is this potentially limiting competing browsers

    • @1984OPEnglish
      15•1 year ago

      I guess you missed the part about being able to “validate” plugins, entire operating systems, dns resolving etc.

      I don’t care about Googles financial problems. I don’t use their services. They can close down YouTube if they don’t have enough paying customers. Same with Google search. Bye Google. And the internet is suddenly a much better place.

      • @Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I’m going to guess half of the proposal is to waste time and distract from the minimum requirement they’re hoping to actually pass. We saw this a lot in general politics in the US: you make a bold overshooting statement while passing legislature on the side.

      • @Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Don’t mistake me for excusing their behavior. It’s the contrary. But I do think a grounded conversation starts with understanding what people’s motivations are.

          • @Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            I actually posted an article about their opening of a data center being detrimental to another countries water supply. Link should be in my profiles recent posts, worth a read.

            I think there is a fair lot of people who think it’s absurd to pay for what they consume. And if you asked them what the alternative is to them paying they’d say nothing, it should be free.

            Each service they run is binned and probably billed and generates revenue separate ways, but enough of that Im not trying to argue for pro google. The DRM they’re trying to push is bullshit.