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Comment by apatheticonion

Using Win32 to write a UI in Windows is like pulling teeth. There are bindings for Rust but even still it's a nightmare.

MacOS is slightly better but Apple's anti-competitive practices targeting developers makes it a tough sell. Linux is better still, technically, but due to the fragmented desktop environment landscape and distribution difficulties, it's also a hard sell.

I think it's fair to say that the entire story for native app development is a mess - which is most likely why Electron became so popular. There just isn't a practical sane alternative.

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