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No need for ublock, the dev console is called your memory, your network tab is now something the entire os can understand, and you can even opportunistically block specific network calls.

Obfuscated javascript running in the console is no better than random apps, and webasm is going to make that even more opaque.

You are talking about features that are only needed for websites and why an app doesnt have those features, when they were directly bolted on to deal with the huge amount of complexity we've already handled in the OS.



I think the point is that these features are masked from the user (especially on mobile) when performed in a native app vs a website.


On mobile its somewhat more fair, but the dev tools, adblock, and other items on mobile are almost always super compromised and locked down by the device manufacturer.


Just like native mobile browsers.

Regular users aren't plugging their devices into a host computer to access dev tools into their mobile browser.




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