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    [–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Dumping a trashbin into your backyard is even cheaper, doesn't mean it's a remotely good idea tho.

    [–] nitefox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    So, why is electron a bad idea?

    [–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 3 points 1 year ago

    The same reason why webapps are a bad idea. We've built monstrous browser engines to do fancy stuff to pages in a bonkers language in a sandbox, and the resulting abomination is neither pages nor apps. And now we're like: we have so much expertise in shuffling page parts around to look like they're apps, let's build "real" apps out of them. It's like rejecting headphones and towing a car with broken windows around with you just in case you'll wanna listen to music: it technically works, but makes negative sense.