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minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-23 months agowebgpu makes me apprehensive. more precise fingerprinting and worse exploits could potentially be a thing.
minus-squareChewy@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoThe problem is that if Firefox does not support features like WebGPU, people will switch to Chrome once they notice web sites don’t work correctly.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoyeah that’s part of the issue of letting google unilaterally control the most popular browser by far.
minus-squareDoorknob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI guess not using it when everyone else is would be another way of fingerprinting too
minus-squareSayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoOr, complain to the website not to use browser specific features (just like the old Internet Explorer days)
webgpu makes me apprehensive. more precise fingerprinting and worse exploits could potentially be a thing.
The problem is that if Firefox does not support features like WebGPU, people will switch to Chrome once they notice web sites don’t work correctly.
yeah that’s part of the issue of letting google unilaterally control the most popular browser by far.
I guess not using it when everyone else is would be another way of fingerprinting too
Or, complain to the website not to use browser specific features (just like the old Internet Explorer days)