While I agree with you, I don’t think the people really wanted this. I mean, life wasn’t miserable when web apps didn’t existed.
We could have lived in an alternative universe where we succeeded to teach people the basics of how to use the computer as a powerful tool for themselves.
Instead, corporations rushed to make most of the things super easy to make billions on the way.
I’d even say that this wasn’t really a problem until they realized that closed computers allowed them more control and more money.
So yeah, now we are stuck with web apps on closed systems and most people are happy with it, that’s true.
And, as the time passes, we are loosing the universal access to "the computer". Instead of a great tool for enabling power to the people, it’s being transformed to a prison to control what the people can do, see and even think.
ps : When I say "computer" I include PC, phones, tablets, voice assistants … everything with a processor running arbitrary programs.
I disagree.
When I want to deliver a piece of software to my parents I first think about a web solution (they are a symbol for me for >80% of PC users).
I just uninstalled a browser tool bar from my step father's pc last weekend.
There are simply to many bad actors out there.
The browser sandbox works pretty well against them.
My parents have become very hesitant to install anything, even iOS updates, because they don't like change and fear that they might do something wrong.
I agree that JS is not a gold standard. Still it works most of the time and with typescript stapled on top it is acceptable.
Time has proven again and again (not only in tech) that the simple solutions will prevail.
Want to change it? Build a simpler and better solution.
I don't like that too but that's human nature at work.
We could have lived in an alternative universe where we succeeded to teach people the basics of how to use the computer as a powerful tool for themselves.
Instead, corporations rushed to make most of the things super easy to make billions on the way.
I’d even say that this wasn’t really a problem until they realized that closed computers allowed them more control and more money.
So yeah, now we are stuck with web apps on closed systems and most people are happy with it, that’s true.
And, as the time passes, we are loosing the universal access to "the computer". Instead of a great tool for enabling power to the people, it’s being transformed to a prison to control what the people can do, see and even think.
ps : When I say "computer" I include PC, phones, tablets, voice assistants … everything with a processor running arbitrary programs.