Yep. I’d happily ditch all the spectre and meltdown mitigations if they make my machine run faster - so long as my browser is still a secure sandbox against mal

Yep. I’d happily ditch all the spectre and meltdown mitigations if they make my machine run faster - so long as my browser is still a secure sandbox against malicious code. Anything running natively with my user’s permissions already has access to everything of value on my computer.