mhoyeJul 19, 2023

Some outstanding conceptual judo in the opening paragraph of this proposal. “Often depend … may assume … certain aspects of”… therefore we would like to propose killing non-chrome user agents in general and ad blockers in particular.

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Show threadChris [list of emoji]Jul 19, 2023

@mhoye

This seems very much like, "let's make something that isn't the Web but call it the Web."

Show threadmhoyeJul 19, 2023
@suetanvil “What if the web was just like the web except it was also a television and the whole idea that a user agent would be beholden to the user and grant them agency was … let’s say a lot less inconvenient for our bottom line. Wouldn’t that be great.”
Show threadChris [list of emoji]

@mhoye

That's very 1997 of them.

Jul 19, 2023 at 8:04pmWeb