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OS constantly execute untrusted code as well.

Many game engines do it as well, just think about DOOM mods

I think the point is that browsers are not as good as an OS as an application platform (given the limitations) but are as complex as an OS and have more bugs

The fact that mobile apps are terrible is not an excuse for having a terrible document protocol used for applications

Apple invented mobile apps as we know them today,but native apps in general have served people well for ages

We are at a point where a native app with some API is more maintainable than a browser app

Not even talking about the ecosystem and its fiascos, like npm corrupted libs used by millions without even looking at a single line of source code or the famous leftpad incident

It doesn't really matter where the weakness is, if it is exploitable

As Alan Kay once said "the web was made by amateurs at best"



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