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by freedomben 35 days ago
Heh, my battery (which I don't have cause this is a desktop) is at 100% apparently
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dylan604 35 days ago
Battery: kept back Your browser kept your battery level back. Firefox removed this API entirely in 2016, after researchers proved it could be used to track a visitor across websites without cookies, without consent. The API still exists in the specification. It was simply hidden — from you, and from any page that might ask after it.

Well, at least something positive from the shit I take for not sheepling my way through life using Chrome

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llbbdd 34 days ago
I got this message and I'm on Chrome, on a laptop. I tested in the console on that site and was able to get the battery level though, so I'm pretty sure their check is just broken.
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efreak 34 days ago
Might be bugged or you might have some setting that doesn't allow websites to use it. Try https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/battery-status/
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