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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by s3p on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:37AM (#50404442)
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by Kuraj on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:03AM (#50404624)
Noone is claiming that, though.

Discord isn't packaged as an Electron app simply because it pretends to be native, but because it has native parts that aren't available in the web version.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by Grombobulous on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:07AM (#50404660)
Discord actually launched as a web app, and then moved to adding a desktop app, which has quite obviously become far more popular than visiting discordapp.com and using it in the browser.

Why do you think that is?

The funny part about this complaint is that you can literally just use the web app if you hate the desktop Electron app so much.

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