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0 pointssquigz1y ago0 comments

> (If Chrome is such a user privacy dumpsterfire, why not implement WebSerial so that people don't have to run Chrome in order to communicate with and program microcontrollers?)

This doesn't seem like a logical comparison. Is there no other way to program microcontrollers outside of Chrome?

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creesch1y ago

Well sure, downloadable executables. Which I feel like isn't much better and in a lot of ways worse.

squigzOP1y ago

Can you elaborate on why you think that? I feel like not everything has to be shoved into the browser, as that is in a lot of ways worse

nolist_policy1y ago

Besides flashing your microcontroller, a downloadable executable can (by default) upload all your files to god-knows-where then proceed to encrypt them and hold them for ransom. Also only a .exe for Windows will be provided, good luck running that on your platform.

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