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by erikpukinskis 2076 days ago
This is like saying “nothing justifies the prolonging of capitalist torture”. On some level it’s correct, but it’s also being upset at something bordering a fundamental law of the universe.

There will always be a “lowest common denominator” platform that reaches 100% of customers.

By definition the lowest common denominator will be limited, inelegant, and suffer from weird compatibility problems.

If it wasn’t JavaScript it would be another language with very similar properties and a similar history of development.