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?
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.