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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by giobox on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:50PM (#18765581)
It also removes pretty much the only reason to use Electron despite its shortcomings - the ability to ship and run the same code on multiple platforms.

Secondly, you lose control of your application runtime environment version - need a new WKWebView version to ship a feature? Time to tell your customers to upgrade the app and their OS.

I’d maybe consider this to cheaply ship a feature inside a Mac app, but this really isn’t an option for like 99% of dev teams considering Electron.

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by vbezhenar on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:55PM (#18765597)
It’s not the only reason. First of all: you can use JS and HTML with all frameworks. Some people consider it a superior solution for GUI. Second: you can easily upgrade your app on iOS without moderation.
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