Security issues is what everyone says is the reason to get rid of plugins. But the tinfoil hat wearer in me says this is just a means to remove more control fro

Security issues is what everyone says is the reason to get rid of plugins. But the tinfoil hat wearer in me says this is just a means to remove more control from the user. First they "removed" HTTP from most of the web so you couldn't trivially intercept text data flowing between the server and your browser window. Then they removed the ability to run code natively in the browser process that allowed the possibility to alter that data securely whilst maintaining HTTPS security. Next up, things like certificate pinning to prevent you as the user from tampering with the data they want your browser to show you. Then DRM will be added to the browser to start preventing you from intercepting the flow of data to your screen. This is all happening in slow motion over decade long timescales. But some of us are starting to see how the "endgame" is aligning with the various bits they're pushing slowly over time in small increments.