I often hear this, and to an extent I don't disagree. There is an absurd amount of complexity that goes behind CSS/JS/HTML to make it function how it does. Browsers are true monstrosities.

But what alternatives are really left behind here that you view as superior?

To me, it is obvious the entire world sees a very high value in how much power can be delivered in a tiny payload via networked JS powering an HTML/CSS app. Are there really other things that can be viewed as equally powerful to HTML which are also able to pack such an information dense punch?

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Animats 3 days ago | parent [-]

> tiny payload

Er, no. Go watch some major site load.

	▲	nawgz 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Why the bad faith answer? Even a bloated, ad-ridden modern web bundle is tiny compared to native apps. And I'd be happy to hear about an interesting app delivery platform which makes 1s of MBs look absurdly large. I think you and I both know a 200kB gzipped web app can be a very powerful tool, so I don't understand what angle you're approaching this from.