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A comment on Google’s not-so-secret new OS. Parent comment

Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by nialv7 on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @08:28AM (#13651823)
> have a relatively simple way to develop software which runs on 99% of laptops and 85% of smartphones and tablets.

We already do. It's called a webpage.

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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by ferdbold on Thursday February 16, 2017 @10:50AM (#13660834)
You could argue that webpages were never meant to host the kind of rich experiences and workflows native applications are known for. We just made it that way through years and years of momentum.
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