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by prodigal_erik 5734 days ago
Markup.io isn't actually a part of the world-wide web of linked semantic documents. Its content is inaccessible (even for viewing) unless you blindly trust its code. It rightfully deserves to be a browser plugin, it's just cleverly smuggling itself into everyone else's content because there are no good portable extension mechanisms for browsers.
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> because there are no good portable extension mechanisms for browsers.

...which is why JS is filling that gap. :)