John GruberElectron.
KraigWhy doesn’t Apple ban electron apps?!
Or at least provide users a way to systemically disable it?!
Jesus, what a dumpster fire.
@kraigschmidt You might be jesting, but the truth is Apple *has* banned Electron apps -- on iOS. And that's exactly the sort of protection the DOJ's antitrust complaint argues is abuse of their supposed monopoly.
Evan B🥥ehs@gruber @kraigschmidt isn't Capacitor just packaging a webview for iOS and Android? I'm not convinced on this claim.
[ Jer moved instances ]@eb @gruber @kraigschmidt I think maybe what he's insinuating is that Electron specifically uses Chromium rather than "a webview," and non-webkit engines aren't allowed. I've definitely shipped Cordova apps on iOS, which work the same way but using the WebKit that's already on iOS 🤷
@nyquildotorg @gruber @kraigschmidt ah, that makes sense, it was just confusing to see that statement on Electron iOS in the context of 'webapps pretending to be real apps use a lot of resources'
Edit: And I should add that, again, the android ecosystem of repackaged webapps looks just like the iOS one, despite not having the browser engine restrictions
@eb @gruber @kraigschmidt yeah. I had the same reaction. Electron doesn't have any mobile OSes as targets 🤷