I thought the Unix philosophy was do one thing well:

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Do_One_Thing_and_...

how is running anything through a giant virtual machine (web browser) anywhere close to that? the browser is the monolith people. using a web browser to deliver an application is, always has been, and always will be the slowest, and most bloated way to do that. the benefit of course is, that the result is user friendly and cross platform. but lets not kid ourselves, this is as far from the unix ideals as you can get.