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deepsunlast Tuesday at 2:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

Let it show "Use WebRTC?".

If users don't understand, they click whatever. If the website really needs it to operate, it will explain why before requesting, just like apps do now.

Always aim for a little more knowledgeable users than you think they are.


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btownlast Tuesday at 3:36 PM

And specifically, if you're on something-sensitive.com in a private browsing session, it would give you the choice of giving no optional permissions. That choice is better than no choice at all, especially in a world where Meta can be subpoenaed for this tracking data by actors who may be acting unconstitutionally without sufficient oversight.

afavourlast Tuesday at 2:32 PM

That feels pretty useless. You might as well do what happens today: enable it by default and allow knowledgable power users to disable it. If it's disabled, show a message to the user explaining why it's needed.

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