this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why the Web Integrity API is terrifying to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah and imagine if Google decided they don't like your small business and ruins your livelihood overnight.

In no time you'll lose your house to a bank, all because a company that you have little association with chose to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can’t even imagine what pernicious elements they can add to it to bog down someone’s website too. They don’t even have to introduce it on purpose, if it’s just a byproduct they can shrug and not worry about it. It’s shocking how much traffic you lose if your website takes three seconds to load.

Everyone should switch to Firefox/Mullvad