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You started with protection and ended with performance, but I don't see where you connect them. Could you clarify? I see these kinds of features sort of like p

You started with protection and ended with performance, but I don't see where you connect them. Could you clarify? I see these kinds of features sort of like padding on football players. It enables (encourages?) carelessness. Maybe the jury is still out on the net outcome, but I'm so far away from web development and the overall ecosystem as to have no opinion.

themacguffinman 6y ago
The common theme is that in both cases, the web was losing ground to closed, native platforms. If web browsers don't protect users, they stand to lose users to platforms that do protect users in much the same way that slow websites lost users to Apple News & Facebook Instant. Of course it encourages carelessness, that's what users want: they want to care less about the tech they use.They simply want the benefits of tech, not the maintenance or burden of care. It's why many prefer an iPhone that makes all their software choices for them. It's why many trust an email provider to sort & filter their email instead of doing it themselves.