Almost 150 upvotes gets the article published behind the paywall. That's interesting.
I have two rhetorical questions:
- are modern devs really unable to do something that work NOT in the browser?
- why every dev is about to invent its own - incompatible with the whole other world - protocol?
Yes, as said - you have to take it every day. For me personally, there are no any side effects. But, there are also no benefits.
Unfortunately, you're suggesting some technical workarounds for the non-tecnical problem.