[echochar]

OK, so the author purports to be on the side of "end users". And he purports to share empathy with users who get annoying messages that their browser is lacking, outdated, etc.

As an "end user" who has gotten hundreds of such messages over the years, I ask: How about Silverlight? Have you ever gotten an annoying message along the lines of "Sorry, you need Silverlight"?

I have. And I assure you I do not need Silverlight to watch video.

Speaking of empathy, just this week I believe someone posted to HN about a still undisclosed 0-day for Silverlight that someone wrote years ago, that still works flawlessly and recently sold for tens of thousands of US dollars on the black market.