Trying to make it a native platform rather than it's original intended purpose (document sharing and simple data input/retrieval) is where all the issues arise from.

A pretty good read other than all bullet points. I kind of enjoyed the part where he said the initial solution was to not use any Javascript. I think the simple way to make the web great again, you'd have to just use JS sparingly.

Everyone has their own opinion on the web but I tend to think it shines in simplicity, sites such as HN are a good example of that. Let the browser do what it can and forget the rest.