Re:Show HN: Neverinstall – A platform to bring desktop appli...
by quenix on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:22AM
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> how is downloading a JS version and running that any better?
That's not really what this app seems to do. When you run an application on this neverinstall product, it doesn't magically transpile the native app into JavaScript. The app still runs natively on a real virtual server on a server farm somewhere.
The only JavaScript your browser downloads & interprets is the networking & rendering code necessary to connect to what is essentially a VPS.
But yes, I agree. This is a network bandwidth (+ privacy!) nightmare.
That's not really what this app seems to do. When you run an application on this neverinstall product, it doesn't magically transpile the native app into JavaScript. The app still runs natively on a real virtual server on a server farm somewhere.
The only JavaScript your browser downloads & interprets is the networking & rendering code necessary to connect to what is essentially a VPS.
But yes, I agree. This is a network bandwidth (+ privacy!) nightmare.