Re: Keep It Simple, Stupid.
It's not always a binary choice but, for example, I'm not convinced that the video tag and the eventual adoption of unencumbered codecs (even if DRM is still very much a thing) can be considered a bad thing. Prior to this multimedia on the internet required proprietary solutions that were not known for their security. The same has happened with video conferencing which is now, generally, implemented using WebRTC.
While the "browser as OS" – web Bluetooth, web USB, etc – stuff is arguably very niche most of the changes reflect what people want to do with websites and standardisation means fewer JS libraries to include blindly, though why datalist wasn't taken up more widely remains a mystery.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
