Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps?
by manquer on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:04PM
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Can convert does not mean thats only way to install , as long you give an insecure option your security is still weak .
It is not that OS developers are not improving , for example S mode on surface is a good feature, however as long as adobe’s of the world still abuse my system the problem is not solved .
It is just not older gen software either , Slack desktop definitely takes more resources than web version while delivering broadly the same features
Sure it is electron abstraction , however if a multi billion company with vc funding can not see value in investing on 3 different stacks for windows,MacOS and Linux how can most other developers?
It is not that OS developers are not improving , for example S mode on surface is a good feature, however as long as adobe’s of the world still abuse my system the problem is not solved .
It is just not older gen software either , Slack desktop definitely takes more resources than web version while delivering broadly the same features Sure it is electron abstraction , however if a multi billion company with vc funding can not see value in investing on 3 different stacks for windows,MacOS and Linux how can most other developers?