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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 1642 days ago
That wouldn't explain why even companies like Microsoft use webtech in their OS configuration GUI these days.
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Good point. It's probably fundamentally a cost-cutting measure in both cases, where Microsoft just found it cheaper and easier for similar reasons.

(eg. Win32 isn't a convenient API, Qt has license fees while Electron does not, Microsoft has a history of making successor APIs that even they don't have proper confidence in, etc.)