Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?

Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron? by paulryanrogers on Saturday March 26, 2022 @01:43PM (#30813758)

The point is not one anecdote alone. It's the trend my example highlights. IME it's hard to buy a feature rich device without needing to run more and more electron apps. Or have a tech job without such apps. This cannot scale to everything even if physics weren't standing in the way of significant die shrinks.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that if I configure the device to do 'hardware' assignment then it's not as bad a problem. (Yet at the cost of some flexibility.) So it suggests that the software level bindings are being loaded through this Electron abomination.

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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron? by paxys on Saturday March 26, 2022 @04:05PM (#30814904)

I don’t see how you can call it a “trend” when I can’t think of a single mainstream device with such a requirement.

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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron? by raydev on Saturday March 26, 2022 @04:54PM (#30815262)

What's a high quality programmable gaming mouse that doesn't require an app to manage it?

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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron? by paxys on Saturday March 26, 2022 @05:58PM (#30815737)

Core functionality for all these devices will work perfectly well without an app.

For functionality that does need additional configuration (like extra buttons, RGB colors), you will have to install a companion app and use it once.

There's no case where a peripheral will be non-functional unless a heavy electron app is permanently running alongside it, as the parent comment alleged. If there is, it is absolutely not the standard.

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