Though, of course, as with DRM, if it becomes standard for let's say, all payment sites to require it enabled, your choice becomes "stop using the internet" or switch browsers

That also applies to Javascript, or being forced to use some form of an up-to-date browser. What is different with WEI?

I didn't see many people debating the actual text of the WEI explainer[0] on the HN posts about WEI, and that's probably because they were links to articles about WEI. The HN post for the explainer with the most upvotes only has 89[1], likely because most of HN treats the upvote as "I agree/like this" instead of "boost this topic for discussion".

0: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36785516