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Remember those things are non-blocking.. for users who do not care, it is just another bar at the top they can ignore and proceed with their life.

Also from a "user privacy" point of view, this is still OK. Right now, disabling webgl is so rare it makes the user stand out a lot, and can be used as a tracking signal. Also, websites do not expect this to be disabled, and can break.

But if a non-trivial fraction of the users (say 10%) start refusing WebGL, then websites have to keep working without it; and the fact that it is disabled can no longer be used as tracking indicator.




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