Re:Tauri – Electron alternative written in Rust
by throw10920 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:30PM
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Here are the reasons, bad as they might be:
(1) Branding. Businesses want their app to be thoroughly branded, so they'd rather have a canvas where they can invent their own buttons than use something cross-platform native like Qt.
(2) Hiring. Existing developer base trained on webtech. Qt is a C++ thing - there's a far greater hiring pool for webdevs than C++ devs.
(3) Ignorance. Some developers don't really know that Qt exists, or want to go through the trouble of learning it.
None of these reasons benefit the user - but Electron isn't chosen by those who want to benefit the user in the first place.
(1) Branding. Businesses want their app to be thoroughly branded, so they'd rather have a canvas where they can invent their own buttons than use something cross-platform native like Qt.
(2) Hiring. Existing developer base trained on webtech. Qt is a C++ thing - there's a far greater hiring pool for webdevs than C++ devs.
(3) Ignorance. Some developers don't really know that Qt exists, or want to go through the trouble of learning it.
None of these reasons benefit the user - but Electron isn't chosen by those who want to benefit the user in the first place.