Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store
by flukus on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:51AM
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> outside of specialized/embedded systems.
I think you're conflating platforms and dependencies. The OS it runs on is a platform that the the user already trusts, left-pad is a dependency the developers are responsible for. There's some grey area like electron or the JVM but even there electron sticks out as a huge binary blob the user isn't explicitly asked to install.
Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store
by root_axis on Monday November 04, 2019 @11:23AM
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I never brought up operating systems in the context of this discussion on dependencies. Electron is not an operating system, so I am not sure what your point is.
I think you're conflating platforms and dependencies. The OS it runs on is a platform that the the user already trusts, left-pad is a dependency the developers are responsible for. There's some grey area like electron or the JVM but even there electron sticks out as a huge binary blob the user isn't explicitly asked to install.