Out of all the bad things Google has done, WEI was what made you feel that? I don't even think WEI is unanimously bad.
Exactly zero folks are liable to notice that you have a subtle nuanced analysis regarding their strategic direction with a feature. It would be like you telling a star about how you feel about how they wore their hair at a show 3 weeks ago. Your opinion is either invisible or irrelevant.
I know I'm biased in my opinion on WEI, my initial reaction was extremely negative.
That said, I'm willing to be open minded here. As a user, how does WEI benefit me?
I can easily see how WEI benefit's advertising companies like Google and how it benefits advertisers that want to track their campaign's effectiveness. What I can't see is how it benefits a user of the web.
I don't care if I'm responding to a bot if the conversation is meaningful, nor do I care if a bot posted some content to whatever content feed I'm currently browsing because I like to see content and it doesn't matter if a bot or human posted it, to me.
What is the benefit in "improving websites' trust in me" to me as a user? As a web developer, I do not trust my users nor would I ever trust them. This is a core principal in application development.
The "give up your freedom to prevent crime" argument isn't new or compelling. I'd rather keep what little privacy I have and put up with spammers.
As for captchas and logins, I'm not sure that'll change much. Websites still want to spam us so they'll keep asking for our email addresses, and companies still have AI to train so they still have to force us to identify buses and crosswalks. I also don't care for the idea of participating in a protection racket. "Just give us all your data and we'll stop annoying you by demanding it" isn't much better than "just pay us and we'll stop trashing your property"
Alright, you got me. There is a tiny, minor, insignificant benefit. This is not worth giving up any control of my own PC.
> You'll see less spam in website comments.
Highly unlikely. This will be defeated by spammers just like every other attempt to stop them is.
> Fewer websites will be behind a login wall.
Not just highly unlikely, but absolutely not going to happen. No site that currently requires login will change to not require login. No site will give up that user data.