Comment on Emscripten and asm.js: C++'s role in the modern webparentComments−anon138512ythe web is a the only open software distribution platform without gate keepersThe browser vendors are gate keepers. They decide what your code can and can't do inside the very restrictive javascript sandbox.−azakai12yIn some sense, sure. But at least1. They are a group of vendors instead of a single vendor that can do whatever it wants, and2. They don't have arbitrary rules that they apply inconsistently, which we see on app stores sometimes
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The browser vendors are gate keepers. They decide what your code can and can't do inside the very restrictive javascript sandbox.
In some sense, sure. But at least
1. They are a group of vendors instead of a single vendor that can do whatever it wants, and
2. They don't have arbitrary rules that they apply inconsistently, which we see on app stores sometimes