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This seems like a sunk cost fallacy to me. The web has evolved for decades, too, so why is it so wrong to allow it to compete as an application platform with th
by shawnz 3y ago
This seems like a sunk cost fallacy to me. The web has evolved for decades, too, so why is it so wrong to allow it to compete as an application platform with the established desktop operating systems of the past?
- Dalewyn 3y agoBecause it's not an operating system (for now). We are essentially bolting on more and more management of hardware onto a userland application residing inside an operating system. At what point is it better to just get rid of the operating system and run the browser directly on the hardware?
- shawnz 3y agoWhat's wrong with slowly building up the hardware management features of the web? Why is that worse than releasing them in one big bang like traditional operating systems have done? And why worry about the nomenclature to begin with? The web is already serving the use cases of an operating system for many people today whether we like it or not. So maybe it's our terminology that should change to reflect reality, rather than the other way around?
- jameshart 3y agoBecause the web solves software distribution, installation and, critically, uninstallation. When was the last time you had to uninstall Hacker News? App Stores also solve these problems, but with the problems of gatekeeping and platform openness.