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That's not a solution, it is the exact opposite - adding even more compilation and complexity to things. The ideia is to move away from compiled stuff as much as possible. WebAssembly makes sense for very complex and low level stuff that you can't run interpreted with reasonable performance.
Less compilation usually equals code more maintainable in the long run. Think about it: if you don't need a compiler and the hundreds of dependencies that will eventually break things will last way more time. Websites from the 90's still work fine on modern browsers and you can update them easily while compiled stuff is game over once you lose the ability to install run said compiler and related dependencies.
You can have hundreds of dependencies whether you use a compiled or interpreted language, that really has nothing to do with that.
Also compilation has lots of benefits, including being able to do lots of static analysis to find bugs. I definitely don't agree that we should move away from compilation in general or WebAssembly specifically. WebAssembly doesn't have to be only used for low level stuff, you can write your code in a high level language and compile to WebAssembly just fine.