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by talldayo 718 days ago
> Stuffing things in a browser is not good for anybody…

Food for thought:

Have you ever considered that the demand for this functionality in the browser only exists because it is forbidden natively? I've got no use for cross-platform 3D APIs, game streaming functionality or even WebRTC in my browser when it comes down to it; but it makes plain sense that people want to push this functionality to the browser because Apple resists it natively. That's just supply/demand at work.

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I doubt that’s actually true (though maybe it is, I don’t know). Anyway 3D APIs are implemented in Webkit, as well as WebRTC and co and many other APIs.

I’m talking specifically about having access to the bluetooth stack, having access to the device’s vibrations, etc.