Web browsers need to stop

A strongly-worded opinion piece calling for an immediate halt to new browser APIs and developer-facing features. The author argues that web browsers have grown to an obscene scope, criticizing Google's AMP, Web Components, WebUSB, WebBluetooth, WebXR, and Encrypted Media Extensions. Mozilla's layoffs of key engineers while pursuing unrelated products like Pocket and a VPN are called out. With Microsoft having abandoned its own browser engine and Mozilla weakened, Google is left as the sole major browser steward — a role the author considers it unfit for. The post demands browsers focus on performance, security, reliability, and efficiency rather than expanding scope further.