[varbhat]

I don't understand this. This post is saying that ChatGPT is good and is a forerunner because it provides a nice Mac App.

In my opinion, not everything requires a native app. AI Chat assistants are completely fine to be used in the web browser. for most used applications like slack, I do have native application( even slack which is website in a shell is completely usable as a desktop application). What i really don't understand is the benefit of a ChatGPT native application other than native widgets instead of web elements.

[walthamstow]

The author doesn't go into much detail but does link to this. I don't think this stuff is possible with a web app.

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10119604-work-with-apps-...

[tcldr]

Fairly subjective, but personally I find all apps being within the browser quite constrictive. I'd much rather have my apps unencumbered by browser chrome and unintended keystrokes, persisting their window size/position and all kind of other affordances. Definitely not a fan of the 'browser as the OS' philosophy, as it feels a bit inception.

That said, I'm less and less bothered by an app that's Electron under the hood, but I think that's more to do with the quality bar for native apps slipping over the past few cycles (macOS) and forfeiting their advantage.

[IlikeMadison]

Native apps are much better for everybody except for the lazy and unskilled developer who prefer to use Electron.

[rumori]

Electron is usually a business choice, it’s performant enough at the fraction of the cost. it has very little to do with developers being lazy.