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The politics of exposing users to security issues VS giving the web more capabilities.

A fight which is usually won by people who just want features now. Security flaws tend to look hypothetical until people actually exploit them in the wild.




If history teaches us anything, it's the fact that we will come full circle, the browser will become the os at some point. People with money want it to happen and they have resources to make us think that we want it too. Might as well enjoy the ride




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