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> That mainly benefits the big web monopolists, who require the browser to be the ultimate application platform, where they can track to their hearts content, display unsolicited advertising

Please. All you need for advertising is plain text, all you need for tracking is cookies.

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Read again. I'm not saying the technologies enable advertising. I'm saying it's in their best interest to have people do all useful work inside a browser, with a technology stack they control, increasing ad impressions and being able to provide ubiquitous user behavior tracking. This is the holy grail of advertising and would strengthen their monopoly even more.

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