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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think old=good is a good mentality though, lot of people seem to have it

All the old software I know and use is exceptionally good, however I've heard about and chosen to use it because it's survived the test of time (also because it's still actively maintained and has had thousands of bug fixes over the years)

Vscode and obsidian are pretty good and they're electron, discord's alright, pretty sure steam uses some kind of web wrapper as well.

Real issue is electron is very accessible to inexperienced developers and easy to do badly, but I imagine people back in the old Unix days got an equal amount of shit bloated software

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Discord is garbage software lmao. Has been from the beginning. I can't stand using it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Seconded. The only reason I have it installed is because my buddy refuses to answer his cell while we play games.