Fight For the Open Web
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Why?
From Google vs. the Open Web , licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Google is trying to kill the Open Web
Using the proposed “Web Environment Integrity” means websites can select on which devices (browsers) they wish to be displayed, and can refuse service to other devices. It binds client side software to a website, creating a silo’d app.
Web Environment Integrity on GitHub
This penalizes platforms on which the preferred client side software is not available.
This is an issue for accessibility and inclusion, in particular when the reason the software is not available is tied to the needs of marginalized groups, such as when poverty makes it impossible to own sufficiently modern devices, etc.
“Web Environment Integrity” is a deeply #antisocial proposal, and goes counter to the design principles of the web.
In all honesty, this move by Google is hardly surprising. They’ve been trying to capture the web as their own platform for a long time. This is just the latest battle.
But it also marks a particularly perverse point, in how the proposal admits it exists primarily to extract value from people. People mining at its worst.
Remember when their motto was “Don’t be Evil?”
How?
For Developers
Simply include this JavaScript into your website, which will block all WEI-enabled browsers from accessing your website.
Send this project a Pull Request.
Help translate this project into your language.
For Non-Developers
Stop using any Chromium-based browsers, including but not limited to: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, etc. Use Firefox instead.
Share this project with your friends and family, and encourage them to do the same.
Give this project a star on GitHub, and spread the word.
More Information
FSF: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web