WASM is also great for enabling web apps to locally perform tasks that would be compute/bandwidth intensive if foisted upon the server. E.x. the Cobalt video d

WASM is also great for enabling web apps to locally perform tasks that would be compute/bandwidth intensive if foisted upon the server. E.x. the Cobalt video downloader has an experimental on-device video remuxing feature that uses FFmpeg (libav) compiled to WASM. It's a win-win for both the provider (who saves on hosting and bandwidth fees) and the user (who enjoys snappier functionality and enhanced privacy guarantees.)