[lmz]

Disabling features of user's browser is nothing new. "no right click" scripts, arguments to window.open that remove parts of the browser UI, etc.

[nilved]

Of course, that isn't a defense for disabling the developer console (which should be considered a critical security issue): all of those were as stupid and immoral and indefensible as this.

[nfoz]

Don't blame the web page so much as the user agent that respects such silly things. Use a better browser.

[nilved]

I don't use Chrome (I don't use Google products) and I wasn't defending it. It's a critical bug in the browser, but that doesn't mean it's okay for Netflix and Facebook exploit it.