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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by NicoJuicy on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:18AM (#29530252)
I think it started with Android.

You can download all versions of Android if you want, but i doubt that you would want that.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated? by amelius on Sunday December 12, 2021 @02:04PM (#29532506)
I think the first time I encountered it was in some makefile of Chrome or perhaps V8 that automagically downloaded dependencies. It sounds nice in theory, but then I expected the tarball to contain the entire thing which caused trouble and confusion down the line.
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