Comment by VMG
3 hours ago
Unfortunately, real apps and native tech stacks can not only write data to your SSD, they can usually write data to the user directory however they want and they can read it as well!
Browsers are at least somewhat sandboxed
Why not sandbox the process then?
But you need relatively few native apps with those capabilities, in contrast to visiting many different websites for content consumption.
This is a Linux-centric take. It does not apply for example to iPadOS or to AluminiumOS (coming soon to a Googlebook near you). It applies less and less over time to MacOS.
Yes, if one is committed to the standard Linux desktop, then one must hope that any proprietary apps one might need will continue to be available through the browser, but I'm ready to let the standard Linux desktop go (not right now, but eventually).