News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Web browsers need to stop. Enough is enough.

Re:Web browsers need to stop. Enough is enough by galonk on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:07AM (#24153237)
The argument that browsers should stop trying to become an OS on top of the OS (e.g. webUSB) deserves better than this overly emotional rant.

The browser that has been holding the line in this respect, Safari, is dismissed without explanation.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Web browsers need to stop. Enough is enough by m463 on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:17AM (#24153895)
Mobile safari has intimate links into the OS, intercepting links and sending them to apps, and no real ability to filter content.

(content blockers are opt-out - and you have no ability to even know what is loading)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Web browsers need to stop. Enough is enough by sthnblllII on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:48AM (#24158605)
Browsers should be linked to the OS. The problem is that Google is trying to replace your OS with Chrome so they can track everything you do. Apple has resisted implementing a lot of bad stuff Google is trying to push, and made serious, if insufficient, attempts to stop tracking.
[ Parent | on HN ]