WebUSB is dead
I find the push to turn web browsers into VMs for running sandboxed JavaScript&#x2F;WebAssembly applications fascinating. WebUSB, WebGPU, WebTransport, etc etc. I think it&#x27;s really cool, and enables cool things, but I have 1 problem with it.<p>I wish we separated the browser application from the VM application. ie, let us make simple, secure content with HTML and minimal CSS. For things like Wikipedia and even a lot of YouTube that&#x27;s all you need. People can use an extremely simple (and private&#x2F;secure!) program to access this kind of content. A text version of my personal site is browsable with cURL or even netcat[0].<p>Make the VM a separate program that people use for fancy web apps.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;anderspitman.net&#x2F;19&#x2F;#netcatable" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;anderspitman.net&#x2F;19&#x2F;#netcatable</a>