>Because we have the capability to work beyond that capacity now in most cases. That's like asking "why shouldn't we allow horses on our highways?"
More like 'why shouldn't we allow people on our streets?' Which is a good question. It's a question we answered. With a yes.
>I look forward to WebAssembly and other advancements that allow us to treat the web as we once treated desktop environments, at the expense of human readability.
If you want to make a desktop programme, make a desktop programme. Don't ruin the web.
At my job, I work on a web app. It runs only on Android devices through a web view in a native app. It could have been a native app, and would have felt more natural on an Android device, been faster, and probably more secure too.
More like 'why shouldn't we allow people on our streets?' Which is a good question. It's a question we answered. With a yes.
>I look forward to WebAssembly and other advancements that allow us to treat the web as we once treated desktop environments, at the expense of human readability.
If you want to make a desktop programme, make a desktop programme. Don't ruin the web.
At my job, I work on a web app. It runs only on Android devices through a web view in a native app. It could have been a native app, and would have felt more natural on an Android device, been faster, and probably more secure too.