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Re:React Native for Windows and Mac by NateEag on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:01PM (#23162198)
The browser is where the hundreds of megabytes vanish to when you use a JS app instead of a native one.

That might still be better (I'm undecided, personally), but it's worth recognizing that heavy native app is still there, just shared with a lot of other JS apps.

Re:React Native for Windows and Mac by Drew_ on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:41PM (#23163240)
You could say the same about system libraries/binaries every native app needs to run
Re:React Native for Windows and Mac by choward on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:25AM (#23164383)
Native apps can share libraries at run time. I'm no electron expert but I'm assuming electron apps only can share dependencies at build time at which point they would be copied into the executable so they really wouldn't be sharing.
Re:React Native for Windows and Mac by NateEag on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:01PM (#23171150)
Valid point, for sure.