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0 pointsmamcx5y ago0 comments

I say the opposite: Build with "mediocre-first" cross platforms (all of them are mediocre) is long term the MORE costly option.

With native UI, eventually the development will stop. With cross-platform, you will, FOREVER, try to catch up.

P.D: i have used more than +12 main languages and as many or more UI toolkits.

The native UIs are running even close to a DECADE without nothing of significance on maintain. The rest? is rewrite, recode or workaround....

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cjbprime5y ago

That's not the opposite of my point -- you're just rephrasing it.

If I can buy a cheap roof for $2k but have to replace it every year, or an expensive roof for $15k that will last 50 years, then LONG TERM the cheap roof is the more costly option.

But if I only have $2k instead of $15k, I'm not wrong to buy a cheap roof. Yelling at me about the long term costs of the cheap roof is missing the point. You're just saying that you're disappointed by my lack of $15k.

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