Oblomov@oblomov@sociale.network
A lot of the development efforts (both creative and destructive) in web browsers in the last decade+ has been going into fostering the “web app” vision of the web, to the detriment of the “web of documents” vision. From the removal of native support for #RSS and #Atom to the introduction of JavaScript APIs like #WebUSB or the “Web Environment Integrity” attempt, nearly all work done on browsers has been in this direction.
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Oblomov@oblomov@sociale.network
This difference isn't just a matter of feature sets; in fact, it's primarily a matter of design principles.
A browser for the “web of documents” is a User Agent: it's a tool in the hands of users designed to maximize the usability of said documents.
A browser for the “web of apps” is a Corporate Agent: it's a too in the hands of corporation designed to maximize the control they have on the user machine.
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