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> Notice how the arguments pro Electron always include speed of development, speed of deployment, etc. (dev-focused) You kinda oversimplify the multi-platform

• blub 5y ago
  Quite an awkward link that. Deep down the author feels bad from the cognitive dissonance experienced by offering an inferior solution and they are writing as a means of catharsis, more to convince themselves than others. It's doubtful that most apps need to be cross-platform to such an extent. Any of those markets has such a large number of buyers that there should be no problem to build a company like the one mentioned in your link. At the same time all of those markets suffer from various pathologies which makes it difficult to build such a business. Market dynamics make it very hard to make a profit and deliver quality software that doesn't stab the user in the back through ads, subscriptions, tracking, etc. Using Electron is a compromise done by the business for the business, not for the customers. They need money from more people, but don't have the resources or skills to deliver, so they resort to the only solution which helps them achieve their goals, however full of compromises it may be. Let's not pretend that they're going cross-platform only so that the poor macOS users have access to hair salon software.