How can you lobby against a browser feature?
It's not like Google or Mozilla were trying to write a new law.
Are there laws that browsers MUST adhere to? Because I'm pretty sure I can create a web browser that behaves in any way that I see fit.
It's not like Google or Mozilla were trying to write a new law.
Are there laws that browsers MUST adhere to? Because I'm pretty sure I can create a web browser that behaves in any way that I see fit.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-draws-house-antitrust-sc...
At a lower level, formats like H264 are basically part of the web platform too, so you end up implementing them and that exposes you to software patent laws.
So, in practice: Yes, there are laws browsers must adhere to. If you're willing to strip a bunch of features out of your browser and you live in a country with a less awful legal climate, maybe not too many laws.
For a while the US banned export of encryption if you aren't familiar with that - it impacted stuff like web browsers and resulted in people using 56-bit (!) encryption keys for things.