>Browser already operates in “untrusted” mode.
My guy, there's a difference between legitimate confusion and this sort of aggressively refusing to get the point.
Clearly I'm not referring to sandboxing or app privileges, I'm referring to how your browser assumes any site that's able to send it some Javascript should automatically expect that Javascript to run, or WebGL, or WebAssembly, or whatever monstrosity.
Fundamentally the web was built with the assumption that any resource loaded was an intentional act by a user, or by a process directly authorized by a user.
Over time, the internet has drifted to a one-protocol town, and that assumption by the designers of the protocol is breaking down as the protocol becomes everything to everyone. Trust boundaries and user controls are NOT evolving in time with the protocol capabilities, and worse, protocol development has largely become a fox guarding the henhouse as the main browser developers ultimately responsible for defining the de facto protocol suite, Google and Microsoft, each vie for advertiser dollars and market ubiquity by transforming web browsers into operating systems.