@mobius @sir
Yes, because everybody was aware that it's a steaming pile of RCEs, and at some point browsers made it opt-in. And even before that, the web didn't depend on it as much as it depends on JS now.

@wolf480pl @sir

Decent point, hopefully web assembly helps nudge us towards being less hopelessly dependent upon js.

@mobius @sir
but then we'll be hopelessly dependent on webassembly...

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@wolf480pl @sir
Maybe. Honestly though, I don't think it'll be worth the effort for most companies. They already have js developers and performance rn isn't an issue(for most use cases).

@mobius @sir
>performance rn isn't an issue

Until you add ads and trackers. Then it becomes extermely slow.

And even with uMatrix and stuff, when trackers shouldn't affect anything, some sites manage to be as responsive as a 56k modem. Eg. on Slack, I type messages blindly, and the text only appears a second later.

@mobius @sir
But my point is that if 90% of websites require you to run arbitrary server-provided code in order to work, even if all they do is display non-interactive text, then something went terribly wrong.

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