It's more income. So ... more taxes. Think of it like the grocery bag tax in the affluent suburbs. We do need more "investment" in schools ... so this is a win for society, right?
Sadly, it's called HTML5 : DOM + javascript + CSS + AJAX
Google and Apple and Microsoft have locked things down pretty good, otherwise. The best portable application appears to be Mozilla compatible.
Funniest Intel fake I ever saw this:
Intel had a demo booth at at computer covention where they ... ta da ... were demonstrating the latest whatever. I peered inside the computers and had a good chuckle. This was obviously run by the marketing guys on the cheap because the "intel inside" ... was actually and AMD chip.