> now we're plagued with javascript and it literally being allowed to do what all malware ever wanted: to spy on users any way the site-op sees fit.
This is flat-out untrue. Beyond hyperbole. If JavaScript had the system access that literally any piece of malware sought, the world would be an utter shit show in a way it simply isn’t.
>>cqqxo4+(OP)
They didn't say JavaScript has system access, just that it can be used to spy on users (in the browser, and everything seems to be moving to the browser).