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Let's please not (or at most, add a scary warning for non-tagged devices), as this would break the use case for at least all retrocomputing.

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Aren't most retrocomputing USB devices running open source firmware? Adding a descriptor "WebUSB supported" is a few commits and a firmware update away.

that's not going to work for use cases like the https://webmd.pro where you're interfacing with hardware from other manufacturers

https://github.com/asivery/webminidisc

web.minidisc.wiki is the "official" version - lots of clones around.

Definitely not most MiniDisc players. I doubt mine even has updatable firmware!

This probably applies to many older (or even newer) USB devices as well.

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