> WebAssembly, or as I like to call it, reinventing the wheel while simultaneously and conveniently blocking ad-blockers. This meme needs to die. WebAssembly

> WebAssembly, or as I like to call it, reinventing the wheel while simultaneously and conveniently blocking ad-blockers. This meme needs to die. WebAssembly doesn't prevent ad blocking at all. Ad blocking relies on blocking network requests for the most part, which can still absolutely be blocked when done by WASM. Some ad blockers also optionally relies on removing DOM nodes for greater coverage. It's important to note that this technique is used to reduce visual clutter, but doesn't prevent tracking, and doesn't increase browsing performance as the ad still gets downloaded before being removed. Yes, a purely canvas-based app could work around DOM blocking, but WASM has nothing to do with it: you can do pure canvas-based UIs in javascript too, that's what all the modern web games do.