A group of Google engineers has proposed a new Web API that threatens to uproot the work of apps and browsers if they interfere with its ad business. Will the open Web survive?
The thing is, this doesn’t even sound safer. It just sounds like a power grab and protectionism.
Oh wait. “Safer” for Google’s ad business. Now I get it.
Apple already does it.
https://kbin.social/m/technology@beehaw.org/t/251033/Apple-already-shipped-attestation-on-the-web-and-we-barely
Maybe we barely noticed because of Safari’s small market share. Although I must admit that it’s bigger than I expected.
It’s easier to manage a prison than a forest.
I for one would prefer to run through the glades, and considering that I have violated no laws and committed no crimes I feel like my right to do so should not be impinged
No doubt, Google wants to be the only gateway to the web and control it.
“He who controls information controls the world”
- Tom Clancy
Google may be gunning for the post office next…
When you control the mail, you control information.
- Newman
I already get blocked by several sites because I have an ad blocker running.