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You do understand that not every developer is backed by billions of dollars of venture capital, right?

That there are people who have to target multiple operating systems, and don't have 100+ people working on their team, right?

I mean...it doesn't take a genius to figure out that there's a benefit to being able to write code once and deploy to ALL users/customers without having to dedicate entire teams of developers with expertise in various platforms.

I'm an Android developer with 10+ years of experience. I take pride in my native apps that I code for the company I work for. They are far superior to any web app or "multiplatform framework solution".

But if I had to create my own personal app, there's no way in hell I'd spend years learning everything it would take to create a native iOS, Windows, Linux, MacOS version.

I'd be an absolute idiot if I didn't just choose a solution, like a web app, or framework that was able to output for more systems, etc.



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