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> For that matter, what critical new functionality has been introduced in the web standards/specifications over the last 20 years that was not possible to implement prior?

Wasm, 3D acceleration, PWA, geolocalisation, USB access, sandboxed local storage and offline mode, accelerometer and touch support.

If one thing, the web has declined in the past decade with a lot of things which could and should be on the web moving to phone apps where gatekeepers can take their toll because phone browsers are gimped.



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