There's two reasons why I think it's a bad idea, along with a number of other Chrome APIs:
1. Most people aren't engineers and don't understand the privacy implications of this, and these types of metadata collections. Browsers aren't just developer tools, they are made for the general public.
2. I already get spammed by too many permission popups; rarely are they for purposes that benefit the user. It would be interested to see some stats on how many users simply accept these popups to dismiss them without regard for the consequences.
1. Most people aren't engineers and don't understand the privacy implications of this, and these types of metadata collections. Browsers aren't just developer tools, they are made for the general public.
2. I already get spammed by too many permission popups; rarely are they for purposes that benefit the user. It would be interested to see some stats on how many users simply accept these popups to dismiss them without regard for the consequences.