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5 years agoSuper Contributor
Is Electron a temporary thing until Apple improves SwiftUI on macOS?
Interesting question from Jason Snell in episode 366 of the Upgrade podcast on Relay FM:
Is using Electron on macOS a temporary thing until Apple has improved SwiftUI on macOS?
If so, how long ...
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5 years agoI think the only way that's going to happen is if Apple matures SwiftUI to the point that it would be easier for developers to use it than to port the Windows version to the Mac (which, let's be honest, that's what the Electron version really is). I'd say that's at least a couple years off, if ever. By that time 1Password will have invested quite a bit into the Windows port, and I highly doubt there will be enough financial incentive for them to make the move. When you owe investors millions of dollars, it's all about the bottom line. Quality and craftsmanship have to take a back seat to growth.
Personally, I'm exporting all 1,325 items in my 1P database and I'll be importing them one by one as needed into the new Monterey password manager. Work decided months ago to use LastPass, it was just my team sticking with 1Password because, as I kept arguing with IT, over and over, 1Password was the best. Was. Now I've got to eat some humble pie and recommend my team go with the rest of the company and move to LastPass with everyone else.