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Yeah, I feel the same sentiment you described, too. When building a web application, I'd prefer to use more powerful tools than JavaScript, and maybe a sane(r) set of libraries for user interface. There's also value in cross-compiling applications and games to web platform, because of ease of end-user deployment - for instance, games playable without explicit installation (of the game, runtime, and support libraries).

So I have really mixed feelings here. On the one hand, I appreciate the power WASM gives. On the other hand, I don't trust the majority of companies on the web to use that power responsibly.



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