> I think you're approaching this precisely backwards.
Based on what criteria? It seems that Google and my interests are aligning less and less. I am starting to care more about privacy. And now Google is removing useful features that I use regularly, so I am stopping using one of their main products, and starting to look into alternatives for other product.s
> There is no useful UI for EV certs, because EV certs are not useful.
You are incorrect in this statement. They are useful to me, because they help me ensure that I am interacting with the website belonging to the company I have an existing relationship with.
> Citation needed?
The citation was the topic of my post. In Chrome 69 they are making the UI for EV certs confusingly similar to non secure sites. The handling of the removal of the Symantec root was handled poorly in terms of helping site operators know they could get a replacement certificate from DigiCert. As a certificate consumer, these are the two interactions I've had with Google in regards to certificates, and both have been negative.
> And now Google is removing useful features that I use regularly
The article makes pretty compelling points that almost no one finds EV certs useful. Maybe you do. Maybe you think you do. I dunno. But, regardless, unless the article is wrong, you are in a tiny minority. Removing special handling of EV certificates reduces pressure on people to buy these certs based on false promises being made about them being generally useful - and that's a good thing.
> The handling of the removal of the Symantec root was handled poorly in terms of helping site operators know they could get a replacement certificate from DigiCert.
The problem with Symantec having horrific security was that Google handled it wrong? This was Symantec's issue. I also don't like that when I google "Do I have to pay my parking tickets" the answer is yes - but that isn't Google's fault either.
Google have done no research on the effectiveness of their browser identity indicators, so I'm not sure where the evidence that they're not useful have come from.
I think you're approaching this precisely backwards.
> All of the other major desktop browsers still provide useful UI for EV certs.
There is no useful UI for EV certs, because EV certs are not useful.
> right now they seem more determined to just be undermining things.
Citation needed?