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I don't like the tone of the headline demonizing Electron. I think if you flip it you have the incredible headline of "Electron allowed Microsoft to grow to 250

I don't like the tone of the headline demonizing Electron. I think if you flip it you have the incredible headline of "Electron allowed Microsoft to grow to 250M users for Teams", which paints the IMHO correct light into how Electron has played the role of growing Teams from 0 to where it is now. And only now that it has proven tremendous success, and to extract more of juice on performance for lower-end devices, it's being switched to a custom-built engine by investing massive resources into it. So Electron has served its purpose greatly in here IMHO.

simonh 5y ago
That's basically the last paragraph of the article.
Arwill 5y ago
Most of those users are forced to use it because of company policy, not by choice. I have problems with the Teams Android app, i have issues with Teams in Firefox, i have issues with the Teams desktop app, i have issues with Teams inside Citrix. Its just crappy experience altogether. I tell colleagues to write an email, if they want to reach me reliably.