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Endgame here is browsers run wasm:// applications (not a bad outcome), new client dies, and we still have web browsers. But maybe we get a more lightweight Ele
by TimTheTinker 3y ago
Endgame here is browsers run wasm:// applications (not a bad outcome), new client dies, and we still have web browsers.
But maybe we get a more lightweight Electron.
- BrendanEich 3y agoAt high enough altitude, doesn't matter, but I was counting on PWAs. So Apple bad moves in Europe matter.
- TimTheTinker 3y agoSome news dropped today, looks like PWAs on iOS in the EU are coming back: https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/01/apple-reverses-course-on-death-of-progressive-web-apps-in-eu https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/01/apple-reverses-co...
- BrendanEich 3y agoOne observation re: Electron: it was a security nightmare (no sandboxing! then lots of script injection / prototype pollution attack surface), so I think the better path to a host runtime is an extended browser. It has a lot of hard-fought security and privacy defense built in.