news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31543794 this is why we can't have nice things

"using local fonts? MUST NOT HAPPEN YOUR PRIVACY IS IN DANGERZ!!! Oh, let Google download 3MB of fonts on each page load, that's much safer, oh yes"

> Of course, browser should use its own font rendering library instead of using a system one.

and suddenly the browser decides to ignore your carefully setup font smoothing/subpixel rendering settings, but don't worry, your privacy is safe (but your eyes aren't)

also, gotta love wider attack surfaces because the browser has to become the new OS!

sometimes I think why sekuritah paranoids even use computers in first place if everything is UNSAAAAAFE

tomman I regularly block remote fonts. Only enabled for some sites which used them as icons. Can't stand the fuzzy bad looking js stuff.

also: apparently letting users setup their own fonts on their browsers is considered "bad for the healthy web ecosystem" (read: bad for branding and "pixel-perfect" layouts) and therefore browsers should instead bring built-in web fonts