the API is called Web Environment Integrity, and it’s a way to kill ad blockers first and a Google ecosystem lock-in mechanism second, with no other practical use case I can find

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    Gecko and WebKit are open-source. If google cared about the web they’d contribute to the other engines as well.

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      I see you have also been forced to use google tech and consume google’s awful developer docs and deal with their laughable UIs (how does anyone use google analytics for any purpose?) because the only thing corporations are comfortable with is garbage as far as the eye can see

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          it’s a terrible day when you realize the stack for a new project was chosen based only on google’s unearned reputation for making good software