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We are long overdue to declare web bankruptcy. This whole paradigm of turning the browser into an operating system unto itself and allowing every random webpage to run scripts on your machine which fingerprint and track you is probably the greatest mistake in the history of computing. This architectural choice is the cornerstone of contemporary surveillance capitalism.
2027 is the year of the good Gemini.
The only upside was OS interoperability which has made it easier to switch away from Windows, but it has come at too great a cost