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Re:Vibration API by daguava on Saturday December 18, 2021 @12:49AM (#29602060)
I cannot think of a single time I want my phone to start vibrating in a web context outside of a very deep game integration.
Re:Vibration API by wtallis on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:31AM (#29602252)
This and many other features need to be bundled up behind a single permission prompt that gives the domain permission to be an app instead of a web site—and that permission should probably come with stricter restrictions on loading third-party resources.
Re:Vibration API by Spivak on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:50AM (#29605320)
It would be tough to make such a thing work because then every site would annoy you into being an app.
Re:Vibration API by bartaxyz on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:29PM (#29607064)
In Chrome, there's already a toolbar displaying that you can install the website as PWA. In addition, a lot of websites already try to stop you from using the web in favour of using the app (e. g. Reddit). So, I don't see this as a new annoyance.
Re:Vibration API by wtallis on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:41PM (#29607206)
Hence why the invasive permissions need to be paired with restrictions that impose a tradeoff and incentivize sites with a more traditional web page usage model to not classify themselves as app-style sites.
Re:Vibration API by hanniabu on Saturday December 18, 2021 @05:27AM (#29603408)
I can't think of a single time I wanted to allow push notifications or allow for my camera or mic to be accessed, but I can at least acknowledge that others may want this.
Re:Vibration API by legerdemain on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:02AM (#29602122)
"Very deep"... is that subtle innuendo?
Re:Vibration API by daguava on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:04AM (#29602129)
No. It isn't. And this isn't the place for that.

Edit: I was thinking of simulation gaming, such as racing (forced feedback, hitting the wall), Fishing (fish on the line, rumble as forced feedback, etc)

Re:Vibration API by legerdemain on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:09AM (#29602152)
This is 100% the place for that. On the XBox Live Indie Games marketplace, the top-selling game was always a "scalp massager" game (or "game") of some sort.
Re:Vibration API by mechanical_bear on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:56AM (#29606061)
I think previous poster is saying this is not really the place for titillating innuendo, or low effort jokes about such, which I’d tend to agree.
Re:Vibration API by legerdemain on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:17PM (#29606923)
And I'm saying that teledildonics is a fascinating and rewarding area of consumer tech that 100% deserves a visible place on HN without resorting to hints and innuendo.