Lots of corporations that don't have your best interest at heart write software that doesn't live on the web, in any number of languages.
Conversely, I can write open-source javascript that does something useful for you, that does not mine your data or do anything of that sort.
I don't see how this relates to javascript.
Re:JavaScript at 20
by copsarebastards on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:02PM
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The most pervasive and harmful companies all use JavaScript and couldn't do the harm they do without it (or, I suppose, an equivalent technology).
I would venture that I could solve all the problems you would solve with open source JavaScript with another programming language, because almost no program actually needs to be a web application.
You're misplacing the blame.
Re:JavaScript at 20
by copsarebastards on Saturday May 16, 2015 @01:12AM
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I'm not placing blame at all. I don't think anyone could have foreseen what effect JavaScript would have on the internet.
I don't want a web where all my software and data is owned by other people who don't have my best interests in mind. JavaScript allows "free" websites to replace programs running on my machine which is fundamentally opposed to my goals. I don't want all the power that computers have brought to humanity to be concentrated in the hands of corporations, I want it to be free for anyone to use. I'm glad JavaScript is shitty and I wish it were shittier, because that would slow the growth of corporate control over our capabilities and data.