I think Electron has made running Linux on the desktop much more viable than it was in the past. There are a lot of apps the average user expects which are now available all because of Electron.
And someone needs to inspect the package to see that it’s an Electron app, then it can’t be all that bad.
A lot of people like the convenience of open an app over navigating to a website. A website also requires login, in most cases, where a Electron app may not.
Sure, I can use Github code spaces to run an instance of VS Code in the browser on someone else’s computer… if I want to login to Github, store whatever I’m working on in Github, and be at the mercy of whatever Github and Microsoft decide to do with Code Spaces in the future… Or I can download the VS Code Electron app, not log in, store my work on my laptop (or simply edit local config files), use whatever source control I want (or none), and have some control.
Or with Spotify, which uses CEF, not Electron, but close enough… Having it’s own app means the audio controls can be independent of the browser, which is usually a good thing.
I think Electron has made running Linux on the desktop much more viable than it was in the past. There are a lot of apps the average user expects which are now available all because of Electron.
And someone needs to inspect the package to see that it’s an Electron app, then it can’t be all that bad.
Web apps don’t even need electron, lol
A lot of people like the convenience of open an app over navigating to a website. A website also requires login, in most cases, where a Electron app may not.
Sure, I can use Github code spaces to run an instance of VS Code in the browser on someone else’s computer… if I want to login to Github, store whatever I’m working on in Github, and be at the mercy of whatever Github and Microsoft decide to do with Code Spaces in the future… Or I can download the VS Code Electron app, not log in, store my work on my laptop (or simply edit local config files), use whatever source control I want (or none), and have some control.
Or with Spotify, which uses CEF, not Electron, but close enough… Having it’s own app means the audio controls can be independent of the browser, which is usually a good thing.