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[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Cause WebUSB still only exists on Chrome, even though Mozilla and Apple had 9 years to catch up: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API#browser_compatibility

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[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"to catch up", while they deliberately choose not to implement this. they don't just not do it, they outlined why.

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[+] Sv443@sh.itjust.works -6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

their competitor has an advantage and real leverage, I'd say that's enough reason in economics? I get why it isn't implemented, but all that means is that chromium has the high ground when it comes to this.

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

This is exactly why economics, or any discipline, should not be permitted to dictate the function or structure of a system in a domain outside of its area of expertise.

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[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago

yep in an ideal world, which we live very far from

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