@cararemixed I think there's a lot of things here that are worth unpacking:

• there's a difference between using the browser as the sole/primary interaction method and as one of many. I ship a lot of native executables, and it costs me a fuck ton of effort to do it
• one of the primary advantages of the browser in this application is that it is sandboxed and you aren't training people to run random executables with access to every device on their machine. none of the "simple" alternatives even try. even Flatpak barely attempts it (yes, I know about the USB portal)
• i can't imagine running an FPGA toolchain on top of Uxn. so it's not very "personal" to me: it isn't solving my personal needs
• it would not take a lot of effort to implement WebUSB for Servo, and that's not corporate