[HN Gopher] Google releases Flutter 3.7, teases future of app de...
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       Google releases Flutter 3.7, teases future of app development
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       Author : gman83
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-01-25 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | matchbok wrote:
       | Flutter just needs to close up shop - I'm surprised it's still
       | going after the layoffs. The value of a cross-platform SDK just
       | doesn't make sense anymore. If you are a small startup, going iOS
       | only is feasible. If you are a huge company, you'll need native
       | devs anyway, so why add a Google dependency? Makes no sense.
        
         | BaculumMeumEst wrote:
         | i recall speculation that they planned to deprecate or replace
         | the android sdk with flutter
        
           | saurik wrote:
           | That would require someone actually having the power to be
           | able to make such a decision, but Google internally seems to
           | just end up with squabbling camps that try to defend their
           | turf.
        
         | thefounder wrote:
         | I assume you think the same about electron
        
         | spenster wrote:
         | > _The value of a cross-platform SDK just doesn 't make sense
         | anymore._
         | 
         | It makes perfect sense to the market. Flutter in fact fills a
         | niche that does pay off in many use cases. Is it the perfect
         | fit for everything? No, but for many small dev shops "going iOS
         | only" is not feasible at all, since they need market
         | penetration across platforms; and going native for two
         | platforms is not practical since they don't have the dev
         | resources.
        
         | Aulig wrote:
         | Going iOS only is not feasible at all outside of the US, where
         | iOS has a much smaller market share than their 55% in the US.
        
         | thewizardofaus wrote:
         | I am sole founder of a bootstrapped hardware startup.
         | 
         | My main competitor is iOS only. As I'm the only developer
         | Flutter allowed me to create both iOS and Android apps
         | simultaneously (with some tweaking).
         | 
         | My customer base is approximately 80% iOS / 20% Android.
        
       | bsaul wrote:
       | i don't get the comments : the article says that flutter is alive
       | and thriving, yet the comments speak of the tech as something
       | soon to be dead.
        
       | tylerag wrote:
       | Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's
       | layoffs
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34515277
        
         | brnt wrote:
         | There was one device using it. Is there going to be more, or is
         | this the answer to that question?
        
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