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> despite decades of effort to attempt to force-fit all applications into a browser, sometimes just a damn program that runs natively on the CPU is a much better fit for the task

WebAssembly will run natively if ECMAScript is holding you back.

While it's still on a VM, so is Java, and that's the only mainstream game in town for "native" Android apps.

It'd be exciting to see what the web could be if Apple didn't spend decades dragging their heels implementing standards for progressive web apps (PWAs) because they know it'll cut into their app store gravy train.