[m90]

And then your Mac App ignores all of the people not on Mac.

I'm not saying everything should be Electron, but it certainly has usecases just like native does.

[weiming]

Doesn't have to be a Mac only app. But be considerate to your users and use the best available SDKs for each platform, not one size fits all.

[always_good]

If resources were infinite and there were never any trade-offs, most people would agree with you.

But what's your game plan under other circumstances? Do nothing?

[weiming]

If you're a small-time indie dev, do what works so that you can ship. If you're a well-funded co. like Spotify, GitHub, or Slack, however...

[always_good]

You're making the mistake of thinking that everything is just a technical challenge that you can throw money at, and that technical superiority is the only trade-off.

Just because an enterprise has funding doesn't mean it's wealthy in other, more scarce things like organizational capital. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if all the client developers at Slack would love to split off into dedicated platform teams and do a rewrite. We as developers love that shit.

But you should try to understand why these enterprises make these trade-offs and why they are still in these positions in spite of how much disposable money you think they have.