[simpaticoder]

Indeed, webapps are not immune to distribution problems. Wayward and invasive browser extensions are a clear threat, as are 3rd-party dependencies (and their dependencies) loaded at runtime. Which is why companies like https://sentry.io exist. I think the difference is that webapps are "distributable by default" and it takes real work to break this. Versus having local desktop apps which require work to distribute. A potent example of the power of defaults.

[datavirtue]

Through the halls and chat rooms of every company populated by developers you hear constant groaning about software distribution problems (we call it deployment). Yes, we managed to fuck that up and a hundred other things along the way. So many hours wasted on that bullshit.

I left web development and have been having the time of my life. Web dev is nothing but stress and pain. The first relatively pain free web dev experience I had was using Vue3 (not counting Laravel ten years ago).