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Re:Hippy: React Native Alternative by Tencent by dnate on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @07:06AM (#21878177)
> - It uses a closed-source fork of libv8 on Android called X5[6].

this makes my spidey senses tingle. What might be hidden there?

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Re:Hippy: React Native Alternative by Tencent by GeoffIsTheBest on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @11:28AM (#21879138)
I agree. If Facebook had a closed source lib in RN it would be DOA.

I would be very curious to know why and if there are plans to replace with open source.

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