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Slack desktop app is Electron, right?

This might be a stupid question (it's been downvoted before), but can a user run chrome extensions within Electron apps? Or a debugger?

If not, could a simple website wrapper electron app therefore be much more favourable for a company to run whatever scripts, tracking, and adverts than the same website?

Can the same be said for Progressive Web Apps for mobile?

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I was able to attach a debugger on any app that I’ve tried.

I’ll share how to do it in an upcoming blogpost... all you need is asar and open the debugger after a reasonable timeout.

I was even thinking about shipping an app that tweaked the Slack app for you, but after this experience (and since I don’t really use it) it’s not worth the effort.

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