> You’re talking about turning desktop apps into phone apps. I'm talking about the expectations of a desktop app. > The former is hard, the latter is easy. I

> You’re talking about turning desktop apps into phone apps. I'm talking about the expectations of a desktop app. > The former is hard, the latter is easy. It definitely isn't easy. There's no easy way to transform an app optimised for imprecise touch on small screens into an app requiring precision inputs on a large screen. There's no easy way to transform an app optimised to display information on a small screen into an app optimised to display information on a large screen. > With 95-100% (depending on usage) smartphone UX. It doesn't matter how much usage it gets on the phone. Telegram app on Mac OS is a native app (it's a native app on Windows, too). > If the iOS apps on M1 macs situation wasn’t such a fiasco You can't even comprehend why it's a fiasco. > It’s arguable whether this is a good thing or not, but that’s exactly where desktop software is going, likely to reduce clutter. It's not "reducing clutter". It's people who spend most of their lives on the phone not understanding how desktop software works and its requirements. You are a prime example of one such person. > Of course you can expand menus and such depending on your platform There's no easy way to "just expand the menus". Then you either get a bad experience on the small screen or a bad experience on the big screen, because requirements are completely different.