I don’t think this is a one-or-the-other situation. “Bloat” is a problem on, say, news sites with horrible ads and it’d be great if they kept it lean. Obvious

I don’t think this is a one-or-the-other situation. “Bloat” is a problem on, say, news sites with horrible ads and it’d be great if they kept it lean. Obviously they don’t need webassembly and binary formats. But... there are also incredibly powerful tools (google maps and docs, quake in the browser, streaming services, etc) that push the boundaries, which these kinds of tech will enhance, or make possible in the first place.