Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more?
by rodgerd on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:02PM
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> Is an electron app really a desktop app?
I don't have a hate on for Electron apps as such, and use quite a few, but they really are the worst of all worlds, particularly from the security point of view: you have all the ability of an Internet-connected web app to execute arbitrary code, but without any of the work that a full browser puts in to try and sandbox the ability to fuck up your machine.
I don't have a hate on for Electron apps as such, and use quite a few, but they really are the worst of all worlds, particularly from the security point of view: you have all the ability of an Internet-connected web app to execute arbitrary code, but without any of the work that a full browser puts in to try and sandbox the ability to fuck up your machine.