Re:Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust
by brundolf on Friday February 19, 2021 @01:07PM
(#26195965)
It's not hard to silently auto-update an Electron app's internals; I assume the same is true for Tauri
Re:Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust
by timerol on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:18PM
(#26196839)
The issue would occur if the auto-updater itself broke as a result of an OS upgrade
Re:Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust
by brundolf on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:35PM
(#26197065)
Seeing as the auto-updater wouldn't have anything to do with the webview, I don't see how that's any more likely to happen in this case than it would be in Electron, or any other desktop application for that matter
Even worse, an OS update after you ship your app can spontaneously break it on end user's machines without you knowing or being able to do anything about it.
At least with the web, when new browser versions come out, you can fix your site since users essentially "install" it every time they refresh the page. But an installed app that runs on top of a spontaneously updated framework is the worst of both worlds.