The web's lack of "installation" is countervailed by its ad-hoc persistence methods like local storage, cookies, cache and sessions, as well as its forms of aut

The web's lack of "installation" is countervailed by its ad-hoc persistence methods like local storage, cookies, cache and sessions, as well as its forms of authentication in relation thereof. You can hang yourself on the web just as easily, perhaps even more so, and I have seen it happen many times. The web also has the intrinsic problem of unpredictability and unaccountability. Entire layouts can be replaced by developers instantaneously on unwitting users. Most people would not download Office, of course, but use a friend or acquaintance's pre-recorded media. Actually even if it came to torrenting it, it wouldn't be significant of a load.