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> Owning the complete stack was the right approach. It gives you the power to have something that work nicely on the devices you support. Imagine every applica
by dmurray 1y ago
> Owning the complete stack was the right approach. It gives you the power to have something that work nicely on the devices you support.
Imagine every application developer thought this way! For every app I want to use, I would have a different device running a different OS?
- acdha 1y agoWeb browsers are unusual in that they were traditionally applications but quickly became platforms in their own right, and they have a role as an intermediary between the user and untrusted third-parties which makes the UI and performance challenges more complicated. Most other applications don't have those needs so they’d never want to take on the extra work – Adobe foundered under the weight, and they had a much better starting point than almost anyone else.
- protocolture 1y ago>Imagine every application developer thought this way! Supply chain attacks eradicated overnight.