Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by root_axis on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:59PM
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Yes, and even worse, the nature of Flutter means its utility is especially vulnerable to abandonment. If Go were abandoned you could at least maintain your Go applications indefinitely, but since Flutter relies on its own UI engine it requires perpetual development to stay in sync with the evolving UI design language of iOS and Android.
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Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by megaman821 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:28PM
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It's even worse than that. Not only is keeping the UI updated a herculean task. It is written in a programming language (Dart) that virtually nobody outside of Google uses. Other than another giant tech company, no one could keep Flutter going if Google ever drops it.
Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by Apocryphon on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:39PM
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Dart is a really simple and ergonomic language to pick up, and there are all sorts of hobbyist languages and frameworks that have niche developer interest. It doesn't have to replace anything major to survive.
> Dart is a really simple and ergonomic language to pick up
Are there any major projects besides flutter built on dart? The fear is not that dart is hard to use, it's that it would not be maintained if flutter was not a mainstream success.
Re:Google is shutting down Stadia
by johnnyanmac on Thursday September 29, 2022 @06:03PM
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A quick browse shows a few notable names like Square, Tizen, and Toyota. Amazon seems to have also forked Flutter themselves to make their own framework so expand Flutter to Desktop and Web: https://docs.amplify.aws/
Seems to be enough buzz around it that I wouldn't be super worried.