... that is exactly what they will do. Just click the link in this thread, or read the headline.

What? Sounds like a US thing?

They probably require higher voltages but I havent seen one myself. I usually just charge y laptop with my phone charger, what is it, 18 watts? Don't care, charges my laptop and the phone that is plugged into it overnight. Why charge at faster speeds when there is no need to

Laptop charges fine regular 5V as well.

Just watched it. Brave Origin seems like a superior product in every single way.

I don't trust Brave though and don't want to use chromium.

If you google there are many reasonable reasons for it. But the most straight forward is:

> Because we cannot name something leading with a trademark owned by someone else.

https://xcancel.com/richturn_ms/status/1245481405947076610?s...

> Because we cannot name something leading with a trademark owned by someone else.

And this WSL project is going to run into the same problem.

Should have called it LINE.

also trademarked

Here is an idea, don't abuse your users and you don't even have to show a cookie banner. Of course people treat it like spam - because that is exactly what it is. A giant fuck you to every single user.

The security implications if this goes mainstream is that you are expected to do this for all kinds of hardware.

Right now that isn't the case and I can't remember last the time I had to uninstall untrustworthy native drivers.

A lot to lose, very little to gain?

I felt that way too, but having used it a few devices as an end user I enjoy being able to close the browser and have the whole stack disappear. Instead of having to install a creepy Logitech tool to pair a mouse with a receiver, as soon as that task is done, goodbye Logitech. I guess a real concern is manufacturers stop offering native drivers, but for the majority of hardware the PnP or the Linux kernel just handle it.

There's a real risk of losing the ability to control your device if the manufacturer stops hosting their propertiary WebUSB app, too.

Standard USB drivers aren't going to disappear from my disk and can be reverse engineered long after its manufacturer has dropped support or gone under.

My mouse uses a WebUSB app to configure stuff. I just downloaded all the files that it uses, and now I can use it offline.

> and can be reverse engineered long after its manufacturer has dropped support or gone under

Nothing really stops you from reverse-engineering a WebUSB app either.

The question is if users will consistently have the foresight to archive such web apps, especially if the manufacturer has set up their bots.txt such that The Internet Archive skips it.

Traditional programs are incedentally archived by nature of having to be downloaded. They sit in downloads folders, old backups, thumb drives, etc.

So what is an example use case where you'd prefer to do X without using this particular tech?

Not a single popup, didn't find any ads more than a text-only banner on top asking to subscribe. Some whitespace where ads might go though. No adblock.

I'm in EU though, maybe they actually respect GDPR. Or maybe it is just a glitch.

> Really the EU needs to apologize for those damned cookie popups and invest in a privacy-first browser.

I love them. They are not mandatory, only shady websites that rather sell users information than providing a barely functional homepage. Yes the popups suck, but I'm very happy that this exposes the behavior and priorities of the industry.

It is insane to see very ordinary web sites that have 100 trackers but part of that is that the advertising economy gives everyone the incentive to screw each other with the backdrop that of course the metrics do not match across the funnel because people fall out as you go down the funnel —- but if you have 100 trackers they can’t all be lying in a coordinated way.

I'm certainly fine with it drawing some power.

Running background processes might motivate the use of NPU more but don't exactly feel like a pressing need. Actively listen to you 24/7 and analyze the data isn't a usecase I'm eager to explore given the lack of control we have of our own devices.