Comment by Dalewyn

>But I suspect just as with the web, the problem is consistency.

That is indeed the "problem" at its core. People are lazy, operating systems aren't consistent enough.

Operating systems came about to abstract all the differences of countless hardware away, but that is no longer good enough. Now people want to abstract away that abstraction: Chrome.

Chrome is the abstraction layer to Windows, MacOS, iOS, Linux, Android, BSD, C++, HTML, PHP, Ruby, Rust, Python, desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets, and all the other things. You develop for Chrome and everyone uses Chrome and everyone on both sides gets the same thing for a singular effort.

If I were to step away from all I know and care about computers and see as an uncaring man, I have to admit: It makes perfect sense. Fuck all that noise. Code for Chrome and use by Chrome. The world can't be simpler.