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First, all those things sans high DPI functionality existed in 1998.
Second, most of Electron apps don't benefit from these theoretical advancements.
Preemptive multitasking existed in 1998 and worked every bit as well as it does today. Even in MS Windows.
Security, nah. We have more attack vectors than at any point in the past. And just more crapola caked on to "protect" against those.
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First, all those things sans high DPI functionality existed in 1998.
Second, most of Electron apps don't benefit from these theoretical advancements.
Preemptive multitasking existed in 1998 and worked every bit as well as it does today. Even in MS Windows.
Security, nah. We have more attack vectors than at any point in the past. And just more crapola caked on to "protect" against those.