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by jauntywundrkind 806 days ago
What? Generic-sensor API is a candidate recommendation from Devices and Sensors Working Group at the w3c, "intended to become a w3c recommendation". That's like 85% of the sensors. This seems incredibly weird to quibble over.

I'm struggling to see great difficulties in Background Fetch and Background Sync, specs from 6 years ago. WebKit's big fear in their position was that maybe a background fetch for a user who changes networks leaks more data than expected... Ok, maybe, yeah, but also an incredibly tiny corner case that'll affect like 1e-8% of uses.

FUD FUD FUD.

Go read the mailing list folks; figure out for yourself what if anything seems so onerous & terrible about what's happening. By all means, freak out & share if you have concerns. But this looks like a very useful benefit to us all, happening day by day, getting as much consensus and buy in as they can, to me.
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troupo 805 days ago
> What? Generic-sensor API is a candidate recommendation

I said hardware APIs, not sensors. There are more hardware APIs than just the one you decided to cherry pick.

> I'm struggling to see great difficulties

Whatever you're struggling with, the status of these is literally "not on any standards track"

> FUD FUD FUD.

You asked which standards are not on the standards track and are enabled by default by Google. I listed some of them. No matter how loudly or hysterically you shout "FUD", reality remains unchanged.

I don't have time for your emotional outbursts. Adieu.

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jauntywundrkind 804 days ago
Sorry, which hardware APIs? Webusb? Others?

Excellent as usual chery picking. Way to be perpetually offended & antagonistic & address nothing. We should all be done with whining nothing's like this crap roll.

You have sold fear fear fear & your counter of trying to disregard & ignore is a strong strategy indeed. Strongly cast down then say nothing when the time comes! Well done. Expert moves. Have you at any point obeyed the HN guidelines that discussions should get more specific? No, you just moan and belly ache. Insult belittle & degrade. More broadly & pitiful than the last time.

Society would be better without these shit show tantrums. Sound & thunder, full of nothings.

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