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Re:Web Apps Are Better Than No Apps by paulgb on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:35AM (#37568494)
Electron isn’t just a website-as-an-executable, it has a whole separate API that goes what a browser does/could/should offer. https://zeke.github.io/electron.atom.io/docs/api/
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Re:Web Apps Are Better Than No Apps by ozim on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:49AM (#37568627)
I would explain it in a way that electron has API and access to stuff that a browser should not/does not/never will have.

Browser should be much more sand boxed and never have access to the file system with privileges of a user running browser.

Yes, someone can install malicious electron app but that is totally different than randomly stumbling upon malicious website while browsing/clicking around.

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