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Given the popularity of SaaS and Electron apps, I think everyone lost the battle for the desktop.

• webmaven 10y ago
  What's wrong with Electron apps?
  • flukus 10y ago
    They're slow, bloated and not native anywhere.
    • apsdsm 10y ago
      There's plenty of programs which are native to the environment they work in which are also slow and bloated.
      • flukus 10y ago
        But there are plenty that aren't, which can't be said for electron. I'll avoid the bloated ones regardless of the tech.
  • shakna 10y ago
    The only well-written Electron app I'm aware of is VSCode. Everything else is slow, memory hungry, and insanely bloated.
• pjmlp 10y ago
  The interesting part of it is that those applications are mostly written by GNU/Linux developers, thus decreasing the likelihood of GNU/Linux ever becoming a relevant desktop in world wide market share.