No, not at all. Lots of apps using the system webview nowadays. I would urge you to revise your deeply outdated knowledge. Lots of frameworks making this conven

No, not at all. Lots of apps using the system webview nowadays. I would urge you to revise your deeply outdated knowledge. Lots of frameworks making this convenient too. Capacitor (Ionic) Apps, Cordova (PhoneGap) Apps, Tauri (non-Chromium modes), etc. A network card is not required for: - Loading local HTML files into a WebView - Packaging an app that embeds the WebView (e.g., WinUI WebView2, macOS WKWebView, Android WebView, blah-blah) - Running JavaScript, CSS, DOM APIs - Using local storage, IndexedDB, etc - Accessing file:// resources - Communicating with native code (e.g., JS <-> native messaging) Btw, there are a lot of non-Chromium apps! Are you aware that Microsoft Teams now uses the System WebView on mobile (iOS WKWebView / Android WebView) ? Linux apps like GNOME Notes, Foliate, ReText, Liferea etc use the system webview. Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Podcasts, App Store, Dash, etc use WKWebView Can keep going on and on...