Comment by troupo

> A basic lesson we've learned over and over is that API/ABIs aren't final.

On the web they are. Once something is out in the open on the web, there will be people depending on this, in this exact form, forever.

That's why there are still APIs that end up in "smooshgate" because of decisions from 20 years ago: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/smooshgate