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leiserfg
2054 days ago
For mac they have two desktop apps, one native and one in Qt.
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FraKtus
2054 days ago
Do you have an idea why they are doing that?
Why would you maintain 2 targets doing the same thing for an OS?
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jack_pp
2054 days ago
Maybe because the Qt one doesn't need any special Mac specific code. It's just another build target of the windows/Linux app
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Groxx
2054 days ago
They've maintained Telegram and Telegram X for Android for a couple years now too, and for almost a year on iOS until X replaced it. This is far from a new thing for them:
https://telegram.org/blog/telegram-x
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Why would you maintain 2 targets doing the same thing for an OS?