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It's not the first time this would be required and done. You probably remember Flash. Once Flash was kicked out Javascript took over it's duties. Only you can't

• anigbrowl 7y ago
  I do think some of the ways that js is being abused now are worse than how flash was being abused, but when you get down to it abusive behavior by website owners (and most often, by their marketing departments) is independent of programming languages. It's a business culture problem rather than some flaw in the language design. If everyone stopped using js tomorrow you'd still have people abusing CSS or HTML or the English language to try to undermine or trick people in various ways. It seems to me that we should be directing our efforts towards better browser/OS design and/or more ethical business practices than in largely futile campaigns to make people give up functionality. I'm reminded of some local activists who campaign tirelessly with posters and graffiti to have people stop driving so as to reduce fossil fuel consumption; even though I agree with them and don't drive myself, just telling people to stop is not very helpful without addressing the question of how to solve the problems that people use vehicles for in the first place.
• joquarky 7y ago
  And it's probably going to get worse with wasm + canvas.