> Electron represents something of an existential crisis for Apple. If developers can build with web-based frameworks, they’re less likely to use Apple’s tools, services, and ultimately, its App Store.
Most Mac apps are distributed outside of the Mac App Store.
> To demo such an exciting framework, you’d expect big names like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, which could theoretically bring off-line video playback to the Mac for the first time
Nobody seems to have really been clamoring for native apps for these…
> developers like Netflix, which need to build for other platforms anyway, will keep using Electron for other apps
Yeah, no. Netflix makes “native” apps for a mind-boggling number of platforms, including set-top boxes and game consoles.
> A better example of this idea can be found in Chromebooks, where Google allows almost any Android app to be used without modification. Want to run Instagram or stream with Spotify’s mobile app? It works as you’d expect, with all of the benefits from the mobile app in tow.
No, it doesn’t: have you tried to scroll in one of those apps? That’s right, most of the time you have to drag your cursor across the screen.
> If you’re a company like Slack, it’s cheaper and easier for you to target every desktop platform with Electron
No, because Slack already has an iPad app.