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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:00PM (#18765302)
They've cornered the market and don't have to care anymore.

A lot of Slack's audience is captive - employees, contributors to open source projects that chose Slack as their social outlet, etc.

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by Despegar on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:40PM (#18766215)
The only way this will change is if Apple starts using more "stick" approaches. Marzipan and whatever other technologies they're working on are the "carrot".
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