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		paulryanrogers 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SaaS is just vendor lock-in with better branding Was desktop software easier to develop than SAAS? It was hard then and is hard now. Even using Electron doesn't remove the need for installers, upgrade paths, logging, diagnostic measures for client installs, troubleshooting when bad hardware is in the mix and only the client can change it.

Imustaskforhelp 6 months ago [–]

I kind of wish if we could just slap a desktop software which just runs it on localhost. And that when I click on it, it opens up any of my browsers.

I kind of like this idea personally instead of electron

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