When the browser first came out, the OS didn't even have a native TCP/IP stack! The internet was an app you installed. For a long time the core purpose of the browser was to pickup the slack/gap in the OS treating the internet as a first class thing.
Now, as the internet clams down a bit, the OS handles everything natively, including the security primitives (at least on mobile) and so the purpose of the browser is sadly diminishing. It's a less useful experimental side channel to the OS.
Now, as the internet clams down a bit, the OS handles everything natively, including the security primitives (at least on mobile) and so the purpose of the browser is sadly diminishing. It's a less useful experimental side channel to the OS.