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The proposal has been widely criticized for limiting general purpose computing, with some comparing WEI to [[digital rights management]] (DRM).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2023-07-24 |title=Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |title=Google Web Environment Integrity draft draws developer rage |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/25/google_web_environment_integrity/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=[[The Register]] |language=en}}</ref> Others have accused the standard of being evidence of Google abusing [[Google Chrome|Chrome's]] near-[[monopoly]] of browser share.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |title=Google Web Environment Integrity draft draws developer rage |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/25/google_web_environment_integrity/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> Some have issued official statements on the matter in 2023:
* On July 25, [[Mozilla]] opposed it, stating "Any browser, server, or publisher that implements common standards is automatically part of [[the Web]]
* On July 27, [[Vivaldi Technologies|Vivaldi]] opposed it as "simply dangerous" and feared that attestation providers would not be trustworthy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Unpacking Google's new "dangerous" Web-Environment-Integrity specification |url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Vivaldi Browser |language=en}}</ref>
* On July 29, the [[Free Software Foundation]] opposed it as "an all-out attack on the free Internet" and claimed it would significantly limit the browsers that could be used.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Greg|last=Farough|date=2023-07-28 |title="Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet |url=https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/web-environment-integrity-is-an-all-out-attack-on-the-free-internet |website=Free Software Foundation |access-date=2023-07-28 |language=en }}</ref>
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