Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron

Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by copperx on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:56AM (#30957763)

> It’s too early to say and I’m too cynical to anyways, but it’s starting to feel like the release of the M1s really has injected a bit of life and taste back into the scene.

If anything, this creates a justification for using Electron. "Macs are too fast, even when using Rosetta, so who cares if we use Electron?"

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by chipotle_coyote on Friday April 08, 2022 @02:00PM (#30960425)

I'm sure that's going to happen -- arguably, it already is, with 1Password moving from native toolkits to Electron on the Mac -- but it at least feels like there's a bit of a pushback on that in the Mac indie dev community in particular. Apple Silicon is part of that, but Catalyst's also starting to get its act together and SwiftUI is...well, arguably a couple years out from getting its act together, but promising.

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Re:Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron by oscarmv on Saturday April 09, 2022 @06:49PM (#30972913)

I guess the question would be if a larger pool of users willing to vote for native apps with their $$$ would counteract the dynamic you mention.

After all the worst possible dev environment will get extensively used if there's money to be made using it (I'm thinking of talking with PS2 developers 20 years ago…).

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