d@nny disc@ mc²Mar 4
very interesting discussion which is now my go-to example for why talking about software outside of the political dynamics is a complete fabrication https://front-end.social/@mayank/116172356183037750
Mayank (@[email protected])

i agree with most of this article. https://tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/ (the title mentions Clyde (or is it Clint?) but that's unrelated to the actual substance of the article)

Front-End Social
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Mar 4
in comparing two sets of APIs, the difference is framed as inherent to the technologies as opposed to carefully constructed by the owners of the tech
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Mar 4
the article link itself is extremely funny because it quite literally presumes microsoft and apple are the only two ways apps exist
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Mar 4
this reply though (which seems genuine; not trying to call out the author here) is kind of remarkable to me https://front-end.social/@mayank/116172385250368984
Mayank (@[email protected])

i would add that native apps are simply out of reach for most indie devs and small teams. that is unless they're ok with deliberately locking themselves into a single platform/ecosystem. until progressive web apps become actually viable, building native apps using web tech is the most pragmatic approach. the amount of extra work required to go from a cross-platform pseudo-native app to individual fully-native apps is hard to justify.

Front-End Social
Show threadmaxine 🇵🇸Mar 4
@hipsterelectron I am genuinely fascinated by this position cause it seems unbelievable to me that after decades of open source successfully shipping across platforms and there being software that targets everything from dsi homebrew to samsung fridges, people think it’s still impossible cause they only ever use platform locked toolkits. I imagine porting SwiftUI sucks, but then it’s not like it’s that or electron…
Show threadsarah tonin 
@maxine @hipsterelectron to me the main reason is people get taught web tech, and it's easier to use what you know than use something you don't, so web tech gets more used, it gets taught more, and it goes around and around
Mar 4 at 8:47pmWeb