> No, the browser is a very necessary layer Effective security isolation is a necessary layer. Browsers are one option to provide that, but there are others. T

> No, the browser is a very necessary layer Effective security isolation is a necessary layer. Browsers are one option to provide that, but there are others. They also provide ways to fetch, run, and interface with cross-platform, highly-efficient code from all over the world. That's both a blessing and a curse. When I think about the volume of other people's software that we run while doing things online, I wonder how much of it is actually directly related to whatever I'm trying to do, and how much is incidental, unnecessary overhead.