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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by andai on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:35AM (#25589910)
Who do you mean when you say we?
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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by pjmlp on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:02AM (#25591269)
Probably the GNU/Linux users that now jump of joy when given Electron apps or Wine/Proton based games.
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Re:HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash by ogre_codes on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:08PM (#25595244)
Never really thought about what a blessing Electron is for Linux users. Electron means Linux Desktop users are a build away rather so they get the same resource hogging apps Windows and Mac users do.
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