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In my humble opinion, there is no situation that would merit javascript injection that would not rise to the importance of fully disabling someone's internet connection, if only temporarily.

Case #1: Malware. Full disconnect, redirect to explanation.

Case #2: EOL hardware causing interference. Full disconnect, redirect to explanation, method to rectify.

Case #3: Consumer not getting what they paid for: email me/snailmail.

I think the RFC makes it clear: this should not be for trivial notifications, only critical notifications, and if it is truly critical, it should disable the entirety of the connectivity until the user acknowledges/remedies/whatever.

I call shenanigans.



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