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Re:Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications by foresto on Friday April 24, 2026 @04:00PM (#47895076)
> its just waaaaaay easier to distribute a web app

Let's also remember that it's infinitely easier to keep a native app operational, since there's no web server to set up or maintain.

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Re:Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications by 2ndorderthought on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:46PM (#47897563)
No DNS, no DDOS, no network plane, no kubernetes, no required data egress, no cryptographic vulnerabilities, no surveillance of activity... It's almost like the push for everything to go through the web was like a psyop so everything we did and when was logged somewhere. No, no, that's not right.
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