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The web is becoming a platform delivery service for complex applications.

No, it's not. Yes, there are MMORPGs that run in the browser using WebGL.[1] But very, very few pages use all that capability. Most web pages today would work just fine in HTML 3.1.

And what is this thing with running over ten trackers on one page?

[1] http://www.webglgames.com/

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As soon as WebAssembly is stable and available I'm predicting we'll see a dramatic shift away HTML + JS as the target for most web apps. I don't mean blogs, I mean people who are trying to build websites that work like apps.

Most webpages today that would work fine in HTML 3.1 aren't built as massive JS web apps. If they are, it may serve a purpose (better UI/UX for most of their users being a major one.)

We see gazillion of the web apps (and pages that are web apps but shouldn't be) because of those who are not willing to learn anything but JS. Good luck dragging them to C/C++.

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