Re: [mediacapture-screen-share] Allow applications to opt-out of source-change (#223)

> The same thing as if the user had chosen a different tab in the first place?

Yes, these are similar issues. (But not identical - failure to take off is not the same as crashing mid-flight.) Does it matter though? Should our inability to fix one issue prevent us from addressing the other? We had good reasons to force a full selection on the user even when the application does not want it. Do we have a good reason to mandate that source-changing would either be supported **always** or **never**? Why not allow it to fit the app's needs?

> Is a "Share this tab instead" button only a problem for apps that want to limit users to self-capture?

I don't think so, but it is the clearer case, and the one that most concerns me. So let's keep things simple and stick with self-capture initially.

> If so, I'm not supportive of apps using getDisplayMedia in this way, and opposed to new APIs to aid such use.

Could you elaborate why? I am cognizant of our previous discussions on adjacent topics. For example, I don't think they apply here. This does not push the user towards self-capture to begin with, and does not prevent the user from stopping the capture. So those probably aren't your concerns. What are your concerns, then?

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