True. But one of the biggest wins of the web is that it's how things are, and it was only a historical fluke of luck that things panned out this way. As it's o

True. But one of the biggest wins of the web is that it's how things are, and it was only a historical fluke of luck that things panned out this way. As it's often said, there's no way the concept of a web browser would be feasible in today's walled garden app store norms. You mean a god app than can run remote, arbitrary code? And it lets you sideload arbitrary extensions that can do things like block ads and mutate apps? The only reason it's allowed is because the web was ubiquitous by the time computing became so highly controlled. So we shouldn't be quick to dismiss it, despite its warts.