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by StevePerkins 3319 days ago
If you write a C# app with Xamarin and have problems, then it's Xamarin's support problem. If you write a JavaScript app with Qt (I assume?), then it's Qt's support problem.

Now, if you write an app with Kotlin, then it's Google's support problem. I can see how that would change the game for a lot of shops.

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I'm not sure I trust google to support anything properly, I'm glad it's Jetbrain's problem. Atleast their tooling isn't garbage.
It is much easier to squeeze support out of Xamarin than Google.
Google support - you mean this 50cm thick concrete wall developers and users are banging their heads on when they want some bugs fixed? Like e.g. this: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/hangouts/A5Rp...
What are you going to do if your Kotlin app has some problems? Call Google on the phone? Write and email and expect an answer?
You can write a forum post. And then you'll get confirmations from another 100 developers, so you'll definitely feel a bit better and not alone in your pain. ;)