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0 pointssaagarjha6y ago0 comments

Those aren't native apps.

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bangonkeyboard6y ago· 3 in thread

"Now it’s incredibly simple to start building a native Mac app from your current iPad app."

— https://developer.apple.com/mac-catalyst/

Literally every paragraph of copy on this page emphasizes them as native apps.

saagarjhaOP6y ago

Regardless of what Apple calls them, they don't behave like a native Mac app, and I (and many other Mac users) will refuse to call them as such until they do better.

pseudalopex6y ago

"Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS."[1]

[1] http://electronjs.org

bangonkeyboard6y ago

Touché.

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