[sberder]

Thanks for putting it in context, the Bluetooth API has been a big source of frustration in my exploration of PWAs. So many simple setup apps wouldn't need to be native. A cross platform Bluetooth API for the web would provide really easy PoC with MCUs.

[sberder]

Lots of comments below shooting from the hip and throwing warnings of security issues clearly without any practical knowledge of the current BT API. Someyimes, not saying anything is also an option.

[scarface_74]

Yes I really want random websites to have access to Bluetooth

[janci]

No, they do not get access unless you allow it and explicitly selet a bluetooth device the page is allowed to connect to. The bluetooth dialog is handled entirely by the browser.

[jauntywundrkind]

They're not random websites though. They're apps that you have installed. And given permissions to.

The gatekeeping/FUD/wringing-of-pewrls over this seems absurd, cruel, and most of all arbitrary to me. Insubstantial naysaying.

[palata]

> So many simple setup apps wouldn't need to be native.

If they are simple, why not making them native?

[coupdejarnac]

Provisioning IoT devices has to be done through native apps if Web Bluetooth isn't viable. It's a total PITA.

Web BT permissions can be disabled if not needed. I reject Mozilla's and Apple's reasoning.

[jampekka]

Because in native even simple is complicated?

[stephenr]

And a massive exploit capability for malware.