Request to obsolete Vibration API (Second Edition)

Dear Device and Sensors WG and TAG for input, 

I am requesting that DAS consider the following specification:
- [Vibration API (Second Edition)](https://www.w3.org/TR/vibration/)

be considered for:
- [x] obsolete (of a W3C Recommendation)

**Rationale for why the above action should be taken:**

The W3C Vibration API is falsely claiming to be implemented by Firefox, as indicated in the [implementation report](https://w3c.github.io/test-results/vibration/20141118.html). In reality, Firefox only has the stubs in place to pretend it supports vibration for web compatibility reasons. Mozilla disabled haptics years ago due to concerns over user annoyance. Furthermore, the specification hasn't received interest from any other implementer in years. Therefore, the DAS should consider obsoleting it as it's a W3C Recommendation on false pretenses.

Additional reasons for obsoleting the Vibration API include:

- **Privacy Concerns**: The Vibration API can potentially be used in conjunction with other APIs to track or fingerprint devices. For instance, by generating specific vibration patterns and monitoring the timing and response of those vibrations through sensors or other feedback mechanisms, malicious actors could create a unique identifier for a device. This risk is heightened when combined with other data points, leading to more accurate device or user tracking. The specification itself already acknowledges these privacy concerns, but they remain unresolved in practice.

- **User Experience**: Haptic feedback from vibration can be perceived as intrusive and annoying by users, which is why some browsers have disabled or limited its use.

- **Technological Redundancy**: Modern devices and platforms offer more advanced and flexible haptic feedback mechanisms that are not reliant on the web's Vibration API.

- **Lack of Adoption by Implementers**: The specification hasn't received interest from any other implementer in years, indicating that it does not meet a strong demand for this to be part of the web platform.

The following implementations of this specification are known:
- Firefox (stubs only, not functional)
- Chrome

Filing this along with a TAG request:
https://github.com/w3ctag/obsoletion/issues/7
Vibration API (Second Edition) · Issue #7 · w3ctag/obsoletion
github.com

Thanks for your consideration,
Marcos Cáceres