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Never heard of it, so had to look it up:
How could it be safer?? I don't want websites to be able to access my peripherals!
you need to confirm and select a device before a website can gain access to it.
there are multiple legitimate uses for this, such as:
It's nice to be able to change my keymaps on my keychron keyboard, or configure my kbdfans RGB knob to have different bindings, but I really don't want to install chrome or a chromium based browser for one weird trick.
I like my OS to be simple, I don't want multiple browsers or loads of applications to manage different devices.