content: countless vulnerabilities that multiply like rats  [citation needed]  bloated  [citation needed]  unoptimized, resource-hungry  It works fantastically well compared to native, with a little extra resources. It's not that bad.  backbone for so much of our daily internet use is foolish  This is right. Java does not belong in the web browser.  There is nothing you can do in Java that can't be done the same or better with something else, and it'll probably be safer too.  [citation needed]