OK, I'm glad we agree that native apps ought to be sandboxed too. Unfortunately no major desktop OS does a good job of this yet, which is why, realistically, today, choosing web apps over native apps actually makes your system more secure. Maybe that wouldn't be true in an ideal world where desktop apps were sandboxed as heavily as web apps.
But you're still in denial about the fact that web app delivery is hugely valuable to a lot of people (yes, to users). This isn't even remotely debatable. SaaS is now a $100B/yr industry and growing rapidly. People wouldn't be rapidly replacing locally-installed apps with SaaS if they didn't really want it.
You really can't just proclaim that everyone should give all that up based on your ideology about how software "should" be delivered.
I think we don't contradict each other necessarily. JavaScript applications not delivered by websites but through the package manager would be okay for me. We would have the sandbox on one side and the accounting and responsibility on the other side. After all, even the JavaScript sandbox (FireFox) itself is delivered how I think software should be delivered.
The size of the market is no argument. Supply drives demand.
I don't simply proclaim how things should be done. I point out problems, criticize the status quo based on sound facts, and point to better solutions. What else do you suggest?
There's no shortage of supply of desktop apps, yet web apps are gaining ground rapidly. This indicates that people prefer web apps for some reason.
> What else do you suggest?
Build it. If you truly have a solution that is better for users, then you can make a lot of money if you bring it to market. Then you not only prove you were right, but you make the world a better place and get rich in the process. :)
But somehow you're going to need to make desktop apps significantly better than they are today. You won't win by telling users that their preferences are wrong, you win by giving them something better.
But you're still in denial about the fact that web app delivery is hugely valuable to a lot of people (yes, to users). This isn't even remotely debatable. SaaS is now a $100B/yr industry and growing rapidly. People wouldn't be rapidly replacing locally-installed apps with SaaS if they didn't really want it.
You really can't just proclaim that everyone should give all that up based on your ideology about how software "should" be delivered.