2. Browsers do not offer POSIX API to JS/WebAssembly for very good
reasons.
The other issue is that it wouldn't really be an operating system, if
it runs in a web browser. Which kinda is the whol point of the GNU
project. :-)
3. Web apps stored on "the cloud" are bad because they often do not
respect the user's freedoms, as even if the software is under Free
license terms, technical issues can make running a modified version
difficult or impossible.
Indeed.
Therefore:
Porting to "the Web" is simply not practical or appropriate for most
GNU software. This does not exclude the possibility of writing useful
Free software for "the Web" but the GNU project is focused on the GNU
operating system.
The GNU operating system is not supposed to depend on external network
resources for routine operation. I believe that "Who Does That Server
Really Serve?" better applies to these issues than "The JavaScript Trap"
does: the former warns against relying on systems outside of the user's
control, even if those systems are also running Free software, while the
latter applies to a widespread means of "sneaking" non-free software
into otherwise-Free environments under the user's proverbial nose.
Very good point, I forgot about that article.
