>On the flip side, you can consider that traditional proprietary software installs usually have full access to read and modify your system, often in ways you don't expect or wouldn't consent to.
Perhaps for non-technical users. For technical users this is a solved problem for a few decades now. You can restrict read/write access for any software in any which way you want.
>Running in a virtualized environment in a browser significantly reduces access to your system.
Why would I want to kill my software performance by running it on an inferior browser platform when the kernel is perfectly capable of compartmentalizing software.
Perhaps for non-technical users. For technical users this is a solved problem for a few decades now. You can restrict read/write access for any software in any which way you want.
>Running in a virtualized environment in a browser significantly reduces access to your system.
Why would I want to kill my software performance by running it on an inferior browser platform when the kernel is perfectly capable of compartmentalizing software.