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I don't use atom, but I don't understand why it needs to be defended or why people would attack it in the first place. If you don't like atom, like me, then don't use it. Is it deep down that you are really envying people using atom as their daily driver while you can't (do the same comfortably)?

After all, it is just a text editor, not like a hot technology that your boss will force down your throat, right?

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I think atom is just a prevalent example of an election app. I for one dislike it and use sublime text instead, but not all electron based apps are as replaceable. Slack, another electron based app, is an example. It is something that bosses force down everyone's throats.

The issue is not with atom, it is with the inefficiency that electron based apps bring.

That makes sense. It was not obvious from reading the article and comments. Thanks.

Why would anyone that needs to use Slack not be able to use the web version? I don't even need to use Slack, but I use the web version, and its because I didn't like the desktop one. But I still think using Electron is a reasonable tradeoff for developing a cross-platform desktop app.

I think that Slack is the top-offender in the "people love to complain about it" camp (for Electron apps), not necessarily Atom.

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