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0 pointsstuckinaloop1y ago0 comments

that's an interesting perspective, curious to what your reasons are for avoiding expo in production?

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Last time I played around with React Native was probably around when it first launched, there was no Expo then, and I haven't used React Native since so I don't even know what Expo is.

But another commentator wrote "yet another SaaS with questionable payment tiers" about Expo (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41937886) which makes me already not want to use it if I ever touch React Native again. Not sure why a SaaS would be involved at all in this process.

tcoff911y ago

You don't have to use Expo's SaaS to use Expo. Expo framework is 100% FOSS. However Expo Application Services is a really great SaaS product for doing things like cloud builds and Over-The-Air updates.

The anti expo sentiment is almost all based on the old days where you had to eject to use native dependencies. Expo is amazing now.

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diggan1y ago

Last time I played around with React Native was probably around when it first launched, there was no Expo then, and I haven't used React Native since so I don't even know what Expo is.

tcoff911y ago

The anti expo sentiment is almost all based on the old days where you had to eject to use native dependencies. Expo is amazing now.

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