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I love native apps as a user, but as a developer why invest time and energy into a shifting landscape? Better to put effort into building a SaaS. I think this q

I love native apps as a user, but as a developer why invest time and energy into a shifting landscape? Better to put effort into building a SaaS. I think this quote from the article sums it up well: > Right now, it feels a little bit like the three main MacOS app frameworks are floating in unanchored space: AppKit is not the future, Catalyst is not ready to replace it, and using SwiftUI remains a long way off for big, complicated apps.

alwillis 5y ago
SwiftUI remains a long way off for big, complicated apps. I think OmniFocus counts as a big and complicated app and it's being rewritten using SwiftUI: https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omni-roadmap-2022 https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omni-roadmap-2022
- programmarchy 5y ago
  That's impressive. Of their suite of apps, OmniFocus is the low hanging fruit, though. I doubt OmniOutliner would even be possible in SwiftUI because I imagine they're heavily relying on TextKit. Part of me also wonders, though, if OmniGroup had shifted to building web apps 10 years ago, would they be making significantly more money?
  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    >Part of me also wonders, though, if OmniGroup had shifted to building web apps 10 years ago, would they be making significantly more money? I seem to remember they were laying people off a couple of years ago.