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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by hellisothers on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:17PM (#23212943)
I think they mean rapid, continuous deployment. If it’s a web app you can push out changes every day to near universal adoption. With a native app you have to cajole users to update
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by ken on Sunday May 17, 2020 @06:12PM (#23215969)
There are auto-updaters for desktop software, too.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by alexgmcm on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:02PM (#23213810)
Also on mobile you are constrained by the app store requirements as well.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by rohan1024 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @06:48PM (#23216239)
This is exactly what I meant.
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