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Why this is bad: Google is saying "I don't care whether or not your browser can view this site, I won't even let you try."

If more online properties go this way, we effectively give Google the exclusive ability to develop and drive the Web platform at a fundamental level. For instance, Servo, an experimental, highly-parallel rendering engine written in Rust, won't be able to improve the efficiency or security of the Web as a whole if it's not allowed access to the Web in the first place.




What makes this so bad for consumers is that if you search for an app via Google, you can't even open links directly.




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