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		zingplex on Aug 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without... If it's just for tracking, why not ship a JS runtime and run the tracking in a separate thread. No electron needed.

pritambaral on Aug 17, 2021 | [–]

Too much work. With Electron, one can just `npm i electron-analytics` and done. Without Electron, libraries like that will have to be patched (at least) to be usable with the custom runtime.

stjohnswarts on Aug 17, 2021 | [–]

but electron does have a JS runtime included?

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