Don't be fooled of the title. Yes, it concludes about an opinion piece about the latest changes in policy around RHEL. Still, it starts with a very nice retelling of the history around UNIX and computing since the 70s. This is an invaluable resource.

Indeed, too many websites or apps break or hijack basic features of the browser. To me it also shows the tension between trying to have a document browser and an application provider shoved in the same GUI.