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> Browsers do not "willingly provide" anything. Code is written to trigger functionality. You're ascribing motivation where there is none. Developers willingly write that code.

Actually, it does. That is how cookies work. This is where my sentiment of increased education around browsers and cookies would help.

> Non-sequitur. Just because the API is there, does not mandate it's use. Free file sharing or even "piracy" can still happen without cognitive dissonance.

You should have labeled this paragraph as a tangent rather than a non-sequitur. Copying the data keeps the original in place, but makes a new one for someone else. Thus, that is now their data and they can use it how they please




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