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And Microsoft was improving the quality of web-content with ActiveX! How dare we shun their positive influence, all they ever wanted was developers to pay them
by talldayo 2y ago
And Microsoft was improving the quality of web-content with ActiveX! How dare we shun their positive influence, all they ever wanted was developers to pay them money to sign their software for them.
- hpen 2y agoHa, I mean as a user the native iOS app is far superior to whatever Microsoft was pushing
- talldayo 2y agoAs a user, I don't think you have the right to say that for certain unless the two platforms actually compete with each other. iOS does not offer PWAs a good-faith opportunity to compete. On Mac, where PWAs and Electron apps are also very common, there are still native Mac apps getting made. They're usually expensive, outdated, and left to die on the App Store, but they do exist. Most of them are a testament to how fragile and unsustainable native app development is, given the choice.
- hpen 2y agoIt's not about that. Native is a more capable platform period. More performant, more permissions, etc. I get that a PWA makes sense for a startup or whatever but it's not for a better product it's for a cheaper product.