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Web and client-side WebAPI has security first in mind. The conception of WASM and WebGPU is pushing Web into wider audiences and influence, taking up what used
by valand 6y ago
Web and client-side WebAPI has security first in mind. The conception of WASM and WebGPU is pushing Web into wider audiences and influence, taking up what used to be OS' market.
On the OS side, Google the capability-based OS Fuchsia. Someone in Google understands that user's consent over their computation resource (file/directory, network) is more important than ever.
And then there's WASI where it will enable OS to directly host WASM while allowing controllable gates over computation resources. WASI might be an important endeavor in the future and I think WebGPU design should have WASI in mind.
Those may have conflicts of space and market in the future, but all are moving into the same interest, the balance of user's consent over resources, security, and performance. It seems these standards are in good hands.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y agoCapability-based systems have been a thing for decades but never took off for lack of interest and complexity. What I am missing is not a Web replacing operating systems, but better operating systems!
- valand 6y agoNon-technical users are driven to rely more and more on the web app than direct-to-OS-apps due to how easy to build they are. > What I am missing is not a Web replacing operating systems, but better operating systems! But, that I cannot argue.