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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by fps_doug on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:37AM (#28207556)
Yes, I miss this so much, I actually stopped using Spotify about 6 years ago. This might be nerdy, but the feeling of instant playback was just great.

This Electron crap is really a race to the bottom, so you can hire the cheapest college drop-outs to cobble together some JavaScript to add feature number 1001.

On another note, this ludde guy is one of the few rock stars in IT to me. Had a lot of fun on ScummVM, played OpenTTD to death, used µTorrent in College, you name it...

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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by mikeyjk on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:16AM (#28209033)
I'm really not seeing the features raining down on the electron client anyway. Seems like it has been the same clunky experience as always.
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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:05PM (#28212192)
It's probably easier for various teams not to break things, and it provides a more widely known environment (the browser essentially) to ensure that new hires can be pretty productive.

I definitely miss native apps, but I understand why they're less common now.

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