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You oversaw the untrusted part, this is the only reason I prefer web over native really. If there was a way to run native apps with that level of isolation, I w

You oversaw the untrusted part, this is the only reason I prefer web over native really. If there was a way to run native apps with that level of isolation, I would prefer native.

pjmlp 3y ago
Snap, Flatpack, iOS sandbox, Android sandbox, UWP/Windows sandbox,...
- capableweb 3y ago
  Unfortunately, none of those are cross-platform... Closest we get to something similar to the web is either the JVM or APE (Actually Portable Executable) but then those are generally not as isolated as the alternatives you mentioned, sadly.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Or CLR, or now the fashionable WebAssembly. Plus, plenty of languages have cross-platform runtimes and libraries, so not a big issue, not everything needs to be JavaScript.