alt Hacker NewsWe don't do desktop computing like we did then. Most of what was separate applications then are now done in-browser: it's like running a virtual machine inside your OS.
I don't need to know that what I'm using is Edge/Chrome/Firefox any more than I need to know that what I'm using is Windows/etc.
This argument would make more sense if it wasn't in a thread talking about all the other apps besides the browser that does this.