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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by Gracana on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:07PM (#14089424)
> You are right, electron is a hog. Last I checked all, electron, chromium and Nodejs were open source. We can actually make a difference.

Won't that encourage more companies to cut corners? How can producers of quality products compete when other companies can release prototypes that their paying customers finish for them?

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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by nojvek on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:00PM (#14112448)
There's the argument "Why should I do it? If I'm paying for it then they should do it"

And there's, "This really sucks, its an open source project, I think I can make a difference that would affect millions in a small way but would still make a big impact overall"

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