[cillian64]

If that’s the argument against, it could just be denied by default and require the user to go into settings to allow. The annoyance isn’t too bad given webserial is probably only used on occasion, and it means no concerns about consent spam or fingerprinting.

[troupo]

Why do people willingly ignore all the other APIs that require a consent dialog. And what happens when users are presented with a barrage of them.

[gregmac]

Users aren't presented with a "barrage" of consent dialogs. There's not even that many of them, and being able to access a serial port is a niche case where it does make sense -- just like accessing a web cam or microphone. It's certainly less annoying than the one for allowing push notifications.

Unless, of course, the site is malicious/spammy. It's possible to do all kinds of annoying things, from triggering consent dialogs, to opening new windows, to playing sounds.. and you can even do them in a loop. Adding (or not) a consent dialog for webserial doesn't change that.

[beeboobaa3]

Stop making up problems that don't exist.