[internet2000]

I think the point is to stop adding more features. The web is feature complete, everything Google is adding is just stuff to make them more money through ads and lock in.

[csjh]

That's not true, plenty of great stuff is shipping every year. Take your pick: https://web.dev/series/baseline-newly-available https://web.dev/blog/baseline2023

[nicoburns]

This is what Microsoft thought when they released IE6, and is why we ended up still supporting IE6 into the 2010s

[melodyogonna]

That is not true at all. Plenty of features added expands the capabilities of what can be built for the browser

[gerash]

is that based on feelings or facts?

[lxgr]

There’s nothing wrong at all with adding features as long as more than one browser/engine actually adopts them.

[cosmic_cheese]

There’s an argument to be made that a high pace of new feature additions effectively functions as a moat that ensures that new competitive web engines cannot be developed as a result of not being able to ever catch up.

[lxgr]

Exactly: The part after "as long as" is both critical and hard to ensure.

[05]

Oh come on, I for one am excited about the upcoming WebKmem API that allows random websites direct access to kernel memory..

[jonhohle]

How else are web devs supposed to write kernel modules?