Re:Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default
by xg15 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:55PM
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I think the more frustrating point is that you need all this internet infrastructure (with running costs) at all - even if your device has nothing to do with the internet at all.
If the vendor of your dumb device goes out of business, you can just keep using the device until it breaks down.
If the vendor of a "smart" device - or now anything with a modern web interface - goes out of business, the device will have a broken UX at best and at worst turns into a brick 90 days later.
In the end, browsers are now a platform and you have to register and pay a subscription fee to make use of them.
If the vendor of your dumb device goes out of business, you can just keep using the device until it breaks down.
If the vendor of a "smart" device - or now anything with a modern web interface - goes out of business, the device will have a broken UX at best and at worst turns into a brick 90 days later.
In the end, browsers are now a platform and you have to register and pay a subscription fee to make use of them.