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Firefox Catches Up to Chrome With the Addition of This Feature [WebGPU Support] But Leaves Linux Out (for now) (news.itsfoss.com)
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[–] 62 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ah, WebGPU, one of the "features" I disable anyway because its a major fingerprinting data point and no website is got any business running code on my GPU

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    As long as it asks for permission first, I wouldn't mind having the option. I'd almost always rather run something in my browser than as a separate executable, especially on a mobile device.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why not? It's already executing code on your CPU unless you run noscript or similar...

    Are there other features you've turned off? WebRTC perhaps? Others?

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Why not?

    If I don't know what your code is doing, and I can't modify it, I don't want it. Are you rendering a cube? Are you mining crypto on my machine? And why would I need GPU-rendering? Webpages should be text, images and hierarchy.

    It's already executing code on your CPU unless you run noscript or similar...

    That's true! Now guess what extension I'm using

    Are there other features you've turned off?

    You bet. Some I tolerate not disabled, but spoofed or containerised per site.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I make games for Ludum Dare fairly frequently, and it'll be a nice feature, because a lot of people will refuse to download a game and only play web versions.

    Other than that case, I agree. What's the point? Your page probably shouldn't be doing anything where it needs the GPU. What information is a page trying to present that a GPU is better at rendering than the CPU? Maybe very niche topics, but usually text is ideal.

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