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robertlagrant on June 16, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open pla...

> even though I'm sure it made sense at the time

I think it definitely made sense. Xamarin was conceived in a world of many mobile platforms, and so it was the only way to develop cross-platform apps. Now there are basically two, and it's a much closer call.

trissylegs on June 16, 2022 [–]

Also stiff competition from React native. A lot more JS Devs around today than c#.

robertlagrant on June 17, 2022 | [–]

Yes true, but not all React ones :) And Unity has helped swell the C# ranks, I hear.

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