[rrishi]

Gotta hand it to The Browser Company for doing so much for Swift lang.

Though I haven't used Swift in production I have enjoyed its ergonomics in my tinkerings with it. So I'd be so glad if Swift is able to break out of its niche into broader usage.

[cube2222]

They supposedly also got SwiftUI working on windows. I’d be curious to hear more about that, cause I believe the article doesn’t touch on this one.

[iamkonstantin]

It’s not SwiftUI (which would require Apple’s AppKit or UIKit), but rather interop with the Windows native WinRT https://speakinginswift.substack.com/p/swift-meet-winrt

[newZWhoDis]

A properly motivated Apple would have been pushing cross platform Swift/SwiftUI and launched an App Store on both Android and Windows.

Imagine how many developers would just release to the App Store and re-release that on Android/etc to not need two codebase, and Apple would expand their 30% cut massively.

A lot of Android users would get apps from Apple’s store due to vetting/generally higher investment in App Store apps from major companies.

[miffy900]

Nope - that would be a massive undertaking. Someone tried reimplementing SwiftUI but it was abandoned quickly after realising how much work it would entail: https://github.com/Cosmo/OpenSwiftUI