Comment by echelon
3 hours ago
> This point of view always confuses me, because web developers already need to deal with platform differences.
On Mac, I use Firefox and Chrome.
However, if I use a Tauri app on Mac, I have to use dated WebKit. It's out of a Tauri developer's control.
> On Mac, I use Firefox and Chrome.
Sure, but many people use Safari, which runs that exact same WebKit engine under the hood. So if your app is available in the browser in addition to Tauri, you have to support it anyway. And at the very least, you as a web developer should be used to supporting it.
Many people run older versions of Mac OS X (because their machine won't upgrade), so their safari is aging -- they use an alternative browser, firefox and chrome support older mac os x.
Of course using unsupported OSes isn't the best idea, but Apple give you security updates longer than they give you 'fun' safari updates.