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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

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596 points pimterry | 1 comments | 25 Jul 23 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.243s | source
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modeless ◴[25 Jul 23 16:30 UTC] No.36864935[source]▶
Yesterday, the sentiment on Google's early proposal was "company breakups start to make a lot of sense", "Go f yourself, Google", "It's maddening and saddening", "[the people involved] reputations are fully gone from this".

Today it turns out Apple not only proposed but implemented and shipped the actual feature last year. "It could be an interesting opportunity to reboot a few long-lost dreams". "I kind of get both sides here". "I guess I personally come down to leaving this turned on in Safari for now, and seeing what happens". Granted, the overall sentiment is still negative but the difference in tone is stark. The reality distortion field is alive and well, folks.

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1. lifeisstillgood ◴[25 Jul 23 17:12 UTC] No.36865695[source]▶
As the "kind of get both sides" person I come to defend my honour. Honestly I see both (the apple implementation and the google about-to-be as pretty much the same thing just going about it in Apple- and Google- style.

It's not a fan boy thing (and I would hate to be the guy whose github was filled with anger yesterday - it's not his problem, and he should be left alone).

It's just a marker on the journey - we know the rough destination.

(Also Insuspect the second time you hear bad news the community has had time to adjust - FU is usually a first time emotional reaction. Wow I really am into "see the good in both sides". )