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Native UI has been there for decades before. Yes, cross-platform requires extra effort. Hell even Wine is more efficient an approach for cross-platform distrib

Native UI has been there for decades before. Yes, cross-platform requires extra effort. Hell even Wine is more efficient an approach for cross-platform distribution.

LunaSea 3y ago
> Yes, cross-platform requires extra effort. Aaand you lost most companies. > Hell even Wine is more efficient an approach for cross-platform distribution. I'm sure that customers will be willing to install and run Wine.
- steve_rambo 3y ago
  Wine requires no more installation than Electron. There are lots of "pirated" releases for macOS/Linux with a bundled copy of Wine (sometimes with third party patches or some libraries swapped out).
postalrat 3y ago
extra effort = no less than 50x the effort
- jojobas 3y ago
  Bullshit. If that's what it takes you please seek another line of work.
  - postalrat 3y ago
    I can built a basic app with html, javascript, etc that supports many platforms in an evening. How long do you think it would take to support windows, macos, ios, android, xbox, linux, etc, etc? Much more than 50x the time even if you already are familiar with development on all the plaforms.
    - jojobas 3y ago
      Qt covers 5 of the 6 platforms you named, and many more "etc". Yes it takes a bit more than a boot camp graduate to code that, and might take a bit more time still.
      - lukan 3y ago
        See? Your solution requires more dev time and skill - which makes it way more expensive. Basic economics. The main requirement most devs and users have for an app - that it runs and works reliable. Not that it is the most efficient solution.
        jojobas 3y ago
        It's the same in any other industry where cheap plastic overtakes all, except and average user can't tell the difference, other than on "my PC is slow" level. It is everyone's responsibility to not make shit software.
      - postalrat 3y ago
        5 of the 6 isn't a fair comparison
    - niutech 3y ago
      Flutter or React Native are also easy to develop with and cross-platform, no need to learn C/C++.

Native UI has been there for decades before. Yes, cross-platform requires extra effort. Hell even Wine is more efficient an approach for cross-platform distribution.

LunaSea 3y ago

> Yes, cross-platform requires extra effort. Aaand you lost most companies. > Hell even Wine is more efficient an approach for cross-platform distribution. I'm sure that customers will be willing to install and run Wine.

steve_rambo 3y ago
Wine requires no more installation than Electron. There are lots of "pirated" releases for macOS/Linux with a bundled copy of Wine (sometimes with third party patches or some libraries swapped out).

postalrat 3y ago

extra effort = no less than 50x the effort

jojobas 3y ago
Bullshit. If that's what it takes you please seek another line of work.
- postalrat 3y ago
  I can built a basic app with html, javascript, etc that supports many platforms in an evening. How long do you think it would take to support windows, macos, ios, android, xbox, linux, etc, etc? Much more than 50x the time even if you already are familiar with development on all the plaforms.
  - jojobas 3y ago
    Qt covers 5 of the 6 platforms you named, and many more "etc". Yes it takes a bit more than a boot camp graduate to code that, and might take a bit more time still.
    - lukan 3y ago
      See? Your solution requires more dev time and skill - which makes it way more expensive. Basic economics. The main requirement most devs and users have for an app - that it runs and works reliable. Not that it is the most efficient solution.
      - jojobas 3y ago
        It's the same in any other industry where cheap plastic overtakes all, except and average user can't tell the difference, other than on "my PC is slow" level. It is everyone's responsibility to not make shit software.
    - postalrat 3y ago
      5 of the 6 isn't a fair comparison
  - niutech 3y ago
    Flutter or React Native are also easy to develop with and cross-platform, no need to learn C/C++.