The issue there is that each client/user has to download the wasm binary, unlike WebSQL where Sqlite comes bundled with the browser for free -- there are issues

The issue there is that each client/user has to download the wasm binary, unlike WebSQL where Sqlite comes bundled with the browser for free -- there are issues there as well, versioning/security, but not having to download anything is pretty nice, like the KV storage option, it's there to use immediately, no download, no parsing overhead.