That is not even remotely the point OP is arguing.

A significant amount of apps can get the 10% rule rather than 30%.

It doesn’t necessarily change the point in the end but it is worth noting.

If you want JS, isn’t react-native-windows an option?

It probably is now, but I don't think it was at the time. This was back in the early Windows 8 era, when apps were called "Metro" – 2012 to 2015 I think? I'm primarily a .NET dev by trade, but I wanted to try something different with WinJS so invested time in learning that.

WinJS was a bit different, where your app was genuinely just a bundle of JavaScript and a UWP host process dealt with the rendering. (No Electron-esque to deliver with your app) Made for some tiny, succinct apps.

I am once again stating react-native-windows, the key part being native. It doesn't have anything to do with Electron.

This is why I said Electron-esque. I meant you didn't need a wrapper or renderer of some kind. You literally didn't bundle anything executable, your app was a ZIP of JS files & images that Windows spawned a host process for.

It's not "there is no alternative", it's "you're not putting that tiger back in the cage no matter how much you bitch about it".

The ask is fair but the distinction regarding one or two companies total being the arbiter of this is the issue.

I run something similar, ish: https://photos.rymc.io/

I still have an account or two elsewhere, but all photos get posted here then linked there with decent open graph previews.

Speaking of open graph, your index doesn't have it when I bookmark using Raindrop.

As in rymc.io, or the index of photos.rymc.io?

I have it earmarked to get around to a generic OG preview for the root of photos.rymc.io, it's just a time issue - been pretty busy lately with racing.

Nah, it definitely costs extra at restaurants.

This forum was never dedicated to the hacker lifestyle, it has always been run by profit seeking investor classes.

It’s their problem until it’s the world’s problem. Kids grow up and carry the things that mess them up.

*> …awareness campaign…

Do you think this has not been attempted already…?

A token attempt is not enough.