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Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by mdwalters on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:13AM (#36938746)
I'd rather use desktop clients for everything
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Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by bostik on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:40AM (#36939160)
The irony being that these days, desktop clients are increasingly bundled browser engines[1], and the client code is all JavaScript.

1: Electron.

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Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by Qwertious on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:16AM (#36939639)
The group of people who detest webpage JS overlaps rather heavily with the group of people who detest electron-based desktop apps.
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