The <Usermedia> HTML Element

twapi 63 points 29 comments July 01, 2026
developer.chrome.com · View on Hacker News

Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

rho138

This won’t get abused. /s

usr1106

Is this Chrome only or something the other browsers are working on, too? A quick web search does not seem to produce any relevant hits.

phantomathkg

Chrome basically is abusing its market position, 69.65% globally, and becomes the new IE. Implementing its own HTML/JS standard. The sad truth is, some companies will look at Statcounter[0] and say because Firefox does not reach 5% global population and decided not supporting it, actively or passively. [0]: https://gs.statcounter.com/

akersten

Uughh why do we need this whole new html element and not simply make the getUserMedia API allowed to be called more than once if the initiator is a user click?

felooboolooomba

Anything new I have to block so my ass can't be fingerprinted?

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