a lot of devs still falsely believe that users can tell a crossplatform app from a native app — and thus waste a lot of resources on doing what no one cares about

don't be like these fools, don't be stupid

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exactly, it's akin to people claiming that ssr is better than spa for seo

it's been 8 years since google crawlers started to run js

but people don't like to change their opinion when new data appears

https://searchengineland.com/tested-googlebot-crawls-javascript-heres-learned-220157

right - it mattered many years ago when crossplatform infra was very rudimentary and limited but we're in a different world now.


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it does, for instance, the discord app is react native

Does this apply to big apps as well? Like what if Spotify was built with react native

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crossplatform apps

99.99% of apps don't need to have native ios, android, and web counterparts

What do you think people should build instead?

Mimestream is a good counter example, it’s fast, lightweight and a joy to use compared to gmail on the web: https://mimestream.com

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shame the devs who live in the previous decade

Umm dumb person here. What should I do with this information?

Cross platform has never been better too with expo, reanimated, skia, and the new RN architecture that allows for c++ native modules